Kendrick Meek: “As we are becoming a more global community, we must become more concerned about what is going on with our national…”

“As we are becoming a more global community, we must become more concerned about what is going on with our national borders as well as the people we know are now suffering from AIDS throughout this world. It just does not take very much unless you understand man's inhumanity to man to think that in a country as rich as ours we have not placed the amount of money on the prevention and treatment of AIDS as we should. Now it is reaching catastrophic dimensions and we must realize that it is now an epidemic that is an impediment to our national security. A study by the National Security Council prepared in January projected that a quarter of South Africa's population is likely to die of AIDS. I have only 1 minute, 60 seconds' worth of distance run to say to you that to place money in an AIDS prevention and treatment program in Africa will be money well spent. If not, we are on a disastrous course. It is time now to place money where we can help man and his humanity.”