Political Quotes

“If we are going to send funds overseas, they should project our values. I agree with the overwhelming majority of Americans and Montanans stating this center doesn't project our values. A grant that received funds through the Fogarty International Center in Uganda is titled: ``HIV Self Testing to Empower Prevention Choices in Sex Workers.'' If you want to protect men and women from drug abuse and sex crimes, my colleagues should begin by helping me and my colleagues on this side of the aisle by securing the southern border and helping us to locate the approximately 100,000 children who have been released into our country and most likely condemned to a life of sex slavery. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chair, in my continued opposition to this amendment, I suspect that my colleague is not interested in saving lives in West Africa, in Brazil, or in Haiti. Once again, with prior amendments that were listed here today, the issue of the work of science and research in the pursuit of saving lives is what this institution should be about. We are not talking about helicopters, roads, bridges, or anything else. Fundamentally, we are addressing the issue of using the biomedical research which we have scientists engaged and involved in both for the United States and internationally. If it happens internationally, it happens in the United States. That is our job. There is no higher calling than to save lives here and abroad. Mr.…”