Nita Lowey: “Well, that is pretty depressing news.”

I am delighted to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies. {time} 1845

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

We must address this situation head-on.

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