Nita Lowey: “I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano), the distinguished chairman of the…”

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

I am very pleased to yield 5 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone), the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, a member of my class in the Congress.

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.