On the recordSeptember 7, 2017
Mr. Chairman, I rise in respectful disagreement with my colleague who offered this amendment. The United States Institute of Peace works to help prevent, reduce, and resolve violent conflicts abroad. The Institute works alongside our military, our diplomats, and development experts in some of the most conflict-affected and fragile environments, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Tunisia, South Sudan, and Ukraine. Eliminating the U.S. Institute of Peace would hamper our efforts to stabilize these areas and to prevent further outbreaks of conflict. The Institute also works with local leaders and other partners to find solutions to religious freedom and to mitigate the rise of extremism and persecution. Let me point out, too, that the staffer the gentleman just mentioned in his remarks is no longer with the Institute. She is gone. Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment.
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