Nita Lowey: “The perpetrators of these terrorist attacks have not yet been brought to justice.”

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.

I am delighted to yield 1 minute to the gentlemen from Illinois (Mr. Garcia).

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.