Tuesday 20 July 2021

KRG Representative meets with Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin



Washington - D.C., USA (us.gov.krd) - Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman had a virtual meeting with Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), a member of the Appropriations Committee, on July 20.

The two discussed security and political issues in Kurdistan and Iraq, regional developments, and the U.S. assistance to the peshmerga. Ms. Abdul Rahman thanked Senator Baldwin for her steadfast support of Kurdistan.

Senator Baldwin visited Erbil in October 2019 and met with the Region's President and Prime Minister.

She was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012 and began representing Wisconsin in that body the following year. She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2013).