[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8198]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         WORLD AT A CROSSROADS

  (Ms. PLASKETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PLASKETT. Madam Speaker, as I stand here, our world stands at a 
crossroads. As I stand here, 20 million stand at risk of starvation at 
the hands of what has the potential to become the worst humanitarian 
crisis since World War II: famine in South Sudan and impending famine 
in northeast Nigeria, Somalia, and Yemen. Additional funding is needed 
to avert the destabilization of entire regions and to support refugees 
fleeing into neighboring countries.
  Earlier this year, a bipartisan group of Members proposed that the 
U.S. allocate $1 billion in emergency funding for famine response. 
Thanks to those efforts, Congress pledged to provide $990 million in 
emergency funding in fiscal year appropriations.
  Foreign aid is an investment. It makes our country, and those 
overseas fighting for us, dramatically safer. With leadership comes 
responsibility. Providing aid is a moral imperative.

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