Donald M. Payne: “since we have such little time, we have heard about the domestic priorities which I support, I would just like to say…”

“since we have such little time, we have heard about the domestic priorities which I support, I would just like to say that in light of the flooding in Mozambique we have requested $320 million to the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance to support in that emergency. Also we are asking for emergency supplemental of $1.6 billion for the HIPC countries hit by the floods, such as Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. We also ask to restore the Development Fund for Africa to $804 million. This budget also provides an additional $100 million for the African Development Fund; $10 million for the Great Lakes Initiative, designed to build a credible and impartial system of justice in that region. We support an additional $200 million for AIDS through the World Bank; $60 million for economic development to support democratic institutions in Haiti; and $1 million to support bilateral/multilateral efforts in Papua New Guinea and to help the United Nations administration resolve the conflict on the island of Bougainville.”