Congress: It's Time to Electrify Africa

I'm writing to ask you to support H.R. 2548, the bipartisan Electrify Africa Act of 2013.

Introduced by House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY), the bill seeks to reduce poverty, improve health and education and bolster economic growth in Africa by ramping up U.S. involvement in promoting first-time access to electricity for at least 50 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. This bill will come at no new cost to the U.S. taxpayer and represents a new approach to development aid that leverages the private sector to assist the world’s poorest.