Nita Lowey: “Lives were lost, families will never regain their loved ones, and there seems to be ambiguity...”

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.

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

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

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