Nita Lowey: “As you know, and Madam Chair and I have talked about this, in Nigeria the government has not responded.”

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

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 1 minute to the gentlemen from Illinois (Mr. Garcia).