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Maxine Waters: “This particular legislation takes us back 25 years after AIDS was discovered; the AIDS virus continues to spread. About…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2007
This particular legislation takes us back 25 years after AIDS was discovered; the AIDS virus continues to spread. About 1.7 million Americans have been infected by HIV since the beginning of the epidemic, and there are 1.2 million Americans living with HIV today. Every year, there are 40,000 new HIV infections and 17,000 new AIDS-related deaths in the United States. We need to take the threat of HIV/AIDS seriously and confront it in every institution of our society. That includes our Nation's prison system, and that is why this bill is so important.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California
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Discussing the importance of legislation addressing HIV/AIDS in the U.S.

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