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Maxine Waters: “Reclaiming my time, I was referring to the PEPFAR portion of this. It was my understanding that the $15 billion…”

On the recordJune 28, 2005
Reclaiming my time, I was referring to the PEPFAR portion of this. It was my understanding that the $15 billion commitment was above and beyond the other programs that you are alluding to. But I do appreciate that.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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