Nancy Pelosi: “I wanted to mention one provision in the bill that I was particularly pleased survived the process and that is the…”

“I wanted to mention one provision in the bill that I was particularly pleased survived the process and that is the addition of $100 million for the ADP program, the AIDS drug program, that provides some of the new therapies, the proteus inhibitors to people with HIV and AIDS. This $100 million is a very good investment because it will result in a savings to the taxpayer, but, more importantly, it will improve the quality of life and prolong life for people with HIV and AIDS. It will enable them to continue to work, to produce revenues for the Federal Government. So in speaking to it just on strictly fiscal terms, it is a good investment. It is a dynamic investment in that it will save money but, more importantly, as I say, it improves the quality of life. What will happen with the $100 million, I hope, is that half of it will be spent for the drugs themselves and the other half for the primary care necessary to provide the drugs to patients. Now that these proteus inhibitors are there, people have hope.”