Nita Lowey: “I do not think we want this kind of person in the Secret Service whether they are on duty or off duty.”

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

We must address this situation head-on.

I am delighted to yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters), the chair of the Committee on Financial Services.

MEPPA offers the one thing that has always stood between proven civil society initiatives and widespread change: the promise of sufficient peacebuilding resources.