Nita Lowey: “But when the average person in this country sees abuses of children and families, that is where a lot of this comes…”

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

I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the motion. The text of the motion is as follows: Mrs. Lowey moves that the House concur in the Senate amendment to the title of H.R. 925 and that the House…

Before I proceed, may I inquire how much time each side has remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New York has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oklahoma has 4\3/4\ minutes remaining.

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.