Bill Lee said "That was a $15 billion, 5-year initiative. It should have been $3 billion for each year. We still have not gotten to the $3 billion for the first year yet. We are fighting very hard to increase the appropriations. The trust fund was supposed to be up to $1 billion a year. So far the administration has put up maybe $200 million a year. We bumped it up a little bit on this side and are hoping the Senate will bump it up, but we still have not gotten to $1 billion a year for the trust fund. I share that because the trust fund again has the ability to leverage $8 billion to $9 billion worldwide for people living with HIV and AIDS, for prevention, for care and treatment, for orphans, for young men and women, for families, and we still cannot get the type of funding that is required for the whole HIV-AIDS initiative. It is shameful." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 23, 2004

That was a $15 billion, 5-year initiative. It should have been $3 billion for each year. We still have not gotten to the $3 billion for the first year yet. We are fighting very hard to increase the appropriations. The trust fund was supposed to be up to $1 billion a year. So far the administration has put up maybe $200 million a year. We bumped it up a little bit on this side and are hoping the Senate will bump it up, but we still have not gotten to $1 billion a year for the trust fund. I share that because the trust fund again has the ability to leverage $8 billion to $9 billion worldwide for people living with HIV and AIDS, for prevention, for care and treatment, for orphans, for young men and women, for families, and we still cannot get the type of funding that is required for the whole HIV-AIDS initiative. It is shameful.

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Bill Lee

Republican · Tennessee

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing funding for the HIV-AIDS initiative and the trust fund during a floor speech.

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