In the meantime there is suffering, and for those of us who still have dreams of a two-state solution one day--and I have been in Congress for a long time, but it seems that cutting off all aid takes us backwards and doesn't move forward in a positive direction.
Lowey expresses concern about cutting aid affecting peace efforts.
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I urge this Subcommittee to continue its longstanding support for critical people-to-people and peacebuilding programming.
I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Schrier).
Congress has the unique opportunity to support the Administration in creating a new strategy that takes a long-term approach.
MEPPA offers the one thing that has always stood between proven civil society initiatives and widespread change: the promise of sufficient peacebuilding resources.
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