Eliot Engel: “Let me just say that I hear what the chairman is saying. I certainly am a strong supporter of international narcotics…”

“Let me just say that I hear what the chairman is saying. I certainly am a strong supporter of international narcotics funding, but the question is: Where do you put the money? The International Narcotics funding account is well funded and even has money in the pipeline from previous years. Meanwhile, TB control is hugely underfunded and continues to kill more people worldwide than any other disease. That is why the funding is necessary. So by passing my amendment, we can save thousands of lives from this preventable, curable disease. Mr. Chair, I yield the balance of my time to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey).”