Political Quotes

“I do, Mr. Chairman. This is not about I am the only one who cares about this issue. I am the only one offering this amendment today. I am pleased that the gentleman has gone to the Congo and Rwanda. I am pleased that the gentleman knows something about Africa. Let me ask the gentleman if he knows that 36 million people are currently living with HIV/AIDS and 95 percent of them are living in developing countries. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, over 25 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, and 6,000 people die of AIDS-related diseases every day. This has nothing to do with whether or not I care or I am the only one that cares. It is time to put our public policy and our money where our mouths are. People are dying in unprecedented and shameful numbers. I would say to the gentleman, it is not about whether or not the gentleman challenges whether I care more than he. It is not about whether or not we have traveled to Africa. It is whether or not we saw what was happening in Africa, that we feel it in our hearts, and we are ready to do the right thing by people who need our help. This is simply about public policy. This is not even about money.”