Political Quotes

“I rise in support of S. 2943, the International Malaria Control Act of 2000. S. 2943 addresses some important issues facing the United States; and I want to commend the gentleman from New York (Mr. Gilman), the chairman of the committee, for ensuring that the actual text of the bill that is included in this package accommodated certain concerns on this side of the aisle. For example, the underlying bill being considered today is an effort to control the spread of malaria abroad. Malaria has recently been making a resurgence around the world with more and more people being affected by this scourge and more and more people dying from it. According to the World Health Organization, more than one million persons die from malaria each year, and more than 90 percent of all malaria cases are in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the Director General of the World Health Organization, malaria is taking a big bite out of Africa's economic growth. If we can control malaria, we will see an acceleration of Africa's development; and family incomes, of course, will rise. We have even seen treatment-resistance strains of malaria emerging in our own country here in the United States.”