Political Quotes

“Madam President, a couple months ago we had a very good debate, late at night on the floor of the Senate, on the issue of AIDS in Africa. We made a commitment in that authorization bill to follow through with the President's plan, his announcement earlier this year to put forward $15 billion over the next 5 years to meet this scourge that is ravaging so many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the scourge of AIDS. The President had the moral courage and provided leadership to the world prior to the G-8 summit to come forth with a big commitment of American dollars, of $15 billion over the next 5 years, to combat AIDS, in terms of education, prevention, treatment, transmission--all of the areas that are so important and were, frankly, being neglected by the world community. America had done a reasonable job in providing some funds--roughly $1 billion a year--toward this problem. The President stepped up and said: No, that is not sufficient. We need to do $15 billion over the next 5 years. The President made a budget request that put us on the road to that.”