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Bill Lee: we can't do this with a $470 million cut to PEPFAR and a $225 million cut to the Global Fund, and eliminating the…

On the recordMarch 8, 2017
we can't do this with a $470 million cut to PEPFAR and a $225 million cut to the Global Fund, and eliminating the bilateral HIV/AIDS funding at USAID, we just can't do that.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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Lee emphasizes the negative impact of budget cuts on HIV/AIDS funding and prevention efforts.

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