Nita Lowey: “we cannot win the next century by decimating the initiatives we need to ensure today's students will become tomorrow's…”

I urge this Subcommittee to continue its longstanding support for critical people-to-people and peacebuilding programming.

I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott), the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor.

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

I would address my friend from New York. Thank you for expressing the real needs of New York, and I do hope you will vote for this bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn), the majority whip.