Nita Lowey: “I have been talking about it since I came to Congress, especially after the last disaster.”

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

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

I am delighted to yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), the Speaker of the House.

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