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On December 23, 2022 the US Congress passed their fiscal year 2023 appropriations bill, which included $22 million in funding for the East-West Center, a 12 percent increase from the previous year's allocation.
Senator Brian Schatz of Hawai‘i, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, welcomed the funding increase, which he helped enact. "This funding will allow the East-West Center to continue and expand its education, professional development, research, policy dialogue, journalism, and cultural programs throughout the Indo-Pacific," Schatz stated in a news release. "The Center directly supports US engagement in the Indo-Pacific through cooperative study, research, and dialogue with countries in the region."
Representative Ed Case, who also advocated for increased East-west Center funding on the House Appropriations Committee, emphasized its significance for the region. "[F]unding for the East-West Center and other institutions and efforts focused on the Indo-Pacific sends a powerful message to our critical Pacific Islands partners and allies that our country values our relationships, will invest further in them, and will continue as an active and engaged partner in pursuit of our shared interests values."
East-West Center President Suzanne Vares-Lum said the EWC community is “deeply grateful to the members of Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation and their colleagues on the Hill for backing the Center’s mission with a nearly 12 percent increase in our federal appropriation, to $22 million for the year. In a time of escalating costs everywhere and heightened focus on our region, this additional funding provides the Center with many opportunities to continue and expand our work impacting the lives of change-makers in Asia, the Pacific, the US and the world.”
On December 23, 2022 the US Congress passed their fiscal year 2023 appropriations bill, which included $22 million in funding for the East-West Center, a 12 percent increase from the previous year's allocation.
Senator Brian Schatz of Hawai‘i, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, welcomed the funding increase, which he helped enact. "This funding will allow the East-West Center to continue and expand its education, professional development, research, policy dialogue, journalism, and cultural programs throughout the Indo-Pacific," Schatz stated in a news release. "The Center directly supports US engagement in the Indo-Pacific through cooperative study, research, and dialogue with countries in the region."
Representative Ed Case, who also advocated for increased East-west Center funding on the House Appropriations Committee, emphasized its significance for the region. "[F]unding for the East-West Center and other institutions and efforts focused on the Indo-Pacific sends a powerful message to our critical Pacific Islands partners and allies that our country values our relationships, will invest further in them, and will continue as an active and engaged partner in pursuit of our shared interests values."
East-West Center President Suzanne Vares-Lum said the EWC community is “deeply grateful to the members of Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation and their colleagues on the Hill for backing the Center’s mission with a nearly 12 percent increase in our federal appropriation, to $22 million for the year. In a time of escalating costs everywhere and heightened focus on our region, this additional funding provides the Center with many opportunities to continue and expand our work impacting the lives of change-makers in Asia, the Pacific, the US and the world.”
