Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “Our subcommittee looks forward to working with you in evolving U.S. policy toward Lebanon.”

I am proud to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe), chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.

This important bill would extend this longstanding bipartisan lifesaving program for another 5 years.

In 2014, we supported a resolution that this committee passed--Jim McGovern's House Resolution 418, which called for an end to persecution.

The United States must continue to lead the global response to HIV/AIDS.