Jim Kolbe: “I also would like to see more resources applied to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, as well as the other diseases such as malaria…”

“I also would like to see more resources applied to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, as well as the other diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis that are included in our infectious diseases account and in the Global Fund. I think all of us would like to see that happen. I certainly voted for the $3 billion authorization that passed this House earlier. I also spoke during our debate on our bill and said that I believe the amount that we had in there was a reasonable amount of money, that could be expended during the course of the coming fiscal year. I still believe that to be the case. But if we can find ways to put this money into existing programs or other programs and make sure that it works given the constraints that we have, and I think we need to acknowledge the constraints that we have, for example, on the Global Fund of contributing no more than one-third of the total dollars that are made available to that fund, if we can do that, given the constraints that we have, then I am in favor of it.”