Nita Lowey: “Sam Farr used to tap me on the shoulder probably 10 times a day: Peace Corps, Peace Corps, Peace Corps.”

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

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.

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Schrier).

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