We have an opportunity for leadership. If we fail to uphold our part of the agreement, other creditor countries will reduce their support as well. It keeps families from receiving health care. It keeps millions of people bound to poverty. Debt relief is hunger relief.
Debt relief is medical care for children.
Debt relief is clean water and roads for farmers. In our robust economy, it is time for Congress to appropriate this relatively small amount of money that would make a big impact on children and families in poverty-stricken countries. We cannot abandon our responsibility. By assisting those who are most vulnerable, a preferential option for the poor strengthens the entire community. Now is the time to be people of our word, to make good our commitment, to free our sisters and brothers and celebrate Jubilee as one human family.