Nita Lowey: “You have no directive to do that?”

We must address this situation head-on.

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

I am delighted to yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters), the chair of the Committee on Financial Services.

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