Nita Lowey: “It doesn't seem to me that we have additional speakers. We may have an additional speaker on the way.”

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

I urge a ``no'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1067, the previous question is ordered on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey)…

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

I am delighted to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies. {time} 1845