Oscar-nominated actor Brad Pitt met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the U.S. Capitol in Washington to garner her support for his “Make It Right” Initiative.

The project was launched in 2007 to construct affordable housing for low-income residents of New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward who lost their homes as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

“I just want to say thank you to the Speaker for opening up her doors for us to come in and discuss the rebuilding effort, the current rebuilding effort going on in New Orleans and how we can expand this idea of affordability and sustainability because we think we have a model that works,” Brad said after the chat.