Tom Coburn: “I will be happy to set the amendment aside, but I have to let you know we have looked at all the ads. There has never…”

“I will be happy to set the amendment aside, but I have to let you know we have looked at all the ads. There has never been recruitment of anybody for vaccine trials in any of the ads they have ever run. The American people ought to be asking, why would we be spending $1 million a year? Everybody in this country knows HIV is deadly. There is no lack of knowledge on that issue. To spend $1 million on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day is $1 million to help people with HIV through the ADAP program, $1 million to fund an extra research model or it is $1 million to fund three researchers on an HIV vaccine a year. I believe we would be well advised to prioritize the money that is going there. I would be happy to set this amendment aside, as per the chairman's request. I am adamant that I think that we are not spending the money properly. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sununu). The Senator from Pennsylvania.”