Congress Moves to Expand Funding for AIDS, Including Orphans

Action by House Foreign Affairs Committee Underlines U.S. Commitment to the World’s Children

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 28, 2008

WASHINGTON - In a fitting tribute to the late Chairmen Tom Lantos (D-CA) and Henry Hyde (R-IL), a bipartisan agreement was reached yesterday by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on H.R. 5501, The Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act.

The Committee authorized $50 billion to support programs dealing with the three diseases, including approximately $40 billion for AIDS programs and $9 billion for TB and malaria programs.

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