Nita Lowey: “It disappoints me that your budget request is so unacceptable.”

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Schrier).

We cannot allow a return to a familiar and unstable status quo which repeatedly increases violence and animosity while rendering a final resolution of the conflict impossible.

Congress has the unique opportunity to support the Administration in creating a new strategy that takes a long-term approach.

I urge this Subcommittee to continue its longstanding support for critical people-to-people and peacebuilding programming.