Nita Lowey: “I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), my good friend, who is the…”

We must address this situation head-on.

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

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.

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