Nita Lowey

I am so impressed with those Peace Corps youngsters. They really do more to promote goodwill and really make a difference in attitudes.

I encourage the committee to use the development assistance account to Mexico in support of conditional cash transfer.

They are doing an outstanding job, so I want to thank you.

Development and diplomacy keep us safer by addressing threats in the most dangerous corners of the world.

The International Affairs budget is critical to U.S. economic engagement with the world.

Obviously, we are providing a lot of aid to Pakistan, and there were efforts recently to raise taxes on those who could easily pay the taxes.

I thank the gentlelady. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition. 170 million Americans use public media for vital news. Sixty-one percent of voters who support deficit reduction also support funding for public broadcasting. Yet the…

You did not assess the effectiveness of the programs identified, I think that is an important issue here.

We need to do a better job providing assistance to teachers in science, technology, math.

We have to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars and maximize resources.

Our schools do need Federal assistance, including teacher quality programs.

Last year, Congress passed the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act. Maybe we can end this hearing on a high note.

I think that is something we have to look at again because this issue has been discussed as long as I have been here on this committee, which is quite a while.

We all appreciate what you are doing because we are all looking for money so we can spend it.

One of our highest priorities and one that I believe is shared by all of us on the subcommittee is to reduce Medicare fraud.

The wife works as a beautician, does nails. The husband is an architect, a trained architect. He is working in the pizza parlor across the street because he cannot find a job.

We are not focusing with a laser beam on creating jobs here at home when we can lose them to employers overseas.

The $845 cut will prevent many of them from getting that opportunity.

I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for giving me some time.

If they get less than $845, that can make the difference for them.

We can think of many other places, I am sure you can, many other subsidies, many other places where we can find the money.

How will the request build international relationships that improve global working conditions and strengthen labor standards around the world?

So I don't know how we can achieve the goal of leading the world in college completion by 2020, and my time is up so I won't ask the question, if the cuts to the Pell program in H.R. 1 were to become law.

Well, I would just say to my colleagues that to me, the most important thing is helping our young people get that education.

I am particularly concerned of the impact of reducing Pell when the cost of a college education keeps going up.