Political Quotes

“I also congratulate the Senator from Ohio as well as the majority leader for the tremendous work they have done on this issue in crafting a compromise that will keep within the budget. This DeWine amendment did keep within the budget and meeting the need that is out there in Africa and the Caribbean to address the greatest health crisis that maybe the world has seen. I respect the Senator from Illinois. I share his passion for trying to do more. But I think we need to look at what, No. 1, our commitment was and, No. 2, what is the best and most prudent way of going about building the capacity, meeting the needs in a responsible way to all involved. Let me talk first about what our commitment is. The commitment by the President, when he announced his plan--this was before the bill passed the House and Senate and was signed by the President--was to spend $15 billion over the next 5 years and ramp up as capacity would ramp up within those 12 countries in Africa and the 2 in the Caribbean.”