WASHINGTON DC (August 6, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA) joined Sen Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Senate colleagues in a letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledging support for the United Kingdom as it exits the European Union in the coming months. The letter calls for a new bilateral trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom. It also reiterates the importance of US-UK cooperation within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) security alliance and the “Five Eyes” intelligence partnership.
The letter was also signed by Senators Barrasso (R-WY), Blackburn (R-TN), Boozman (R-AR), Braun (R-IN), Burr (R-NC), Capito (R-WV), Cassidy (R-LA), Collins (R-ME), Cornyn (R-TX), Cramer (R-ND), Crapo (R-ID), Cruz (R-TX), Daines (R-MT), Enzi (R-WY), Ernst (R-IA), Fischer (R-NE), Graham (R-SC), Hawley (R-MO), Hoeven (R-ND), Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Inhofe (R-OK), Isakson (R-GA), Johnson (R-WI), Kennedy (R-LA), Lankford (R-OK), Lee (R-UT), McSally (R-AZ), Murkowski (R-AK), Perdue (R-GA), Portman (R-OH), Risch (R-ID), Roberts (R-KS), Rounds (R-SD), Rubio (R-FL), Sasse (R-NE), Scott (R-FL), Scott (R-SC), Sullivan (R-AK), Thune (R-SD), Tillis (R-NC), Toomey (R-PA), Wicker (R-MS), and Young (R-IN).
