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On the recordJanuary 28, 2025
Getting rid of these programs, getting rid of those relationships, cutting things like PEPFAR, which Marco Rubio has stood up for, which Jay Bhattacharya, the nominee for the NIH, has stood up for, which has had broad bipartisan support in the 22 years that it has existed and has saved 25 million lives, this is just pure stupidity and people will die, and it will put us all in more danger.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Criticism of cutting programs like PEPFAR and the dangers it poses.

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