Nita Lowey: “I am delighted to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez).”

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

I am very pleased to yield 5 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone), the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, a member of my class in the Congress.

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

Congress has the unique opportunity to support the Administration in creating a new strategy that takes a long-term approach.