Tom Lantos: “we expect the Global Fund to recruit and hire the most competent and competitive international experts to manage this…”

“we expect the Global Fund to recruit and hire the most competent and competitive international experts to manage this very complex organization. I feel strongly that exorbitant executive salaries would only go to undermine the credibility of the organization. There are lots of skeptics who oppose the Global Fund and wish it to fail. These naysayers are looking for any means to discredit the work of the Global Fund. It is very important that the Global Fund salaries should be realistic and competitive and attract the most competent professionals in the world, but they should not be set at levels that would undermine the credibility of the good work that we hope to accomplish. I urge my colleagues to support my friend's amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.”