ATTN: The Honorable Nita M. Lowey Chair of House Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Fax: (202) 225-0546 Dear Representative Lowey, We would like to request your help in reversing the proposed cuts to the radio and television broadcasts of the Voice of America (VOA) Cantonese Service in the FY 2009 appropriation proposal. In December 2007, both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 2764, legislation which included US$12 million that was designated as emergency supplemental funding and used to continue the language services proposed for reduction in the Bush administration