Senate Proceeding on Jul 16th, 2008 :: 2:13:52 to 2:15:57
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Speech By: John Cornyn

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John Cornyn: the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. lugar: mr. president, i rise to oppose the cornyn amendment creating a sunset commission related to this bill. this amendment would require

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Richard Lugar: that pepfar programs be abolished within two years after the new commission reviews them regardless of whether the review recommends abolition, unless congress takes steps steps to reauthorize the

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Speech By: Richard Lugar

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Richard Lugar: programs. now the senate foreign relations committee and other committees in the house and senate and congress as a whole have spent the last year reviewing u.s. hiv-aids, tuberculosis and malaria programs

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Richard Lugar: in preparation for debate on this bill.| during this process numerous changes have been made to achieve greater transparency and oversight along with program programmatic changes to ensure that pepfar is

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Richard Lugar: moving in the right direction. the bill before us today in the senate has benefited from extensive field examinations of the program, a g.a.o. review, and a study by the institute of medicine of the

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Richard Lugar: national academies. moreover, the underlying bill mandates regular scrutiny by the inspectors general, the c.o. and the i.o.m. this reauthorization is based on the widespread view in congress and

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Richard Lugar: in the executive branch that these programs are working, that they have humanitarian and foreign policy values. i do not believe we should be turning over responsibility for part of the legislative

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Richard Lugar: process to an unelected commission. constitutionally, this is the job for congress, working in association with the executive branch of our government. congress does not lack the power to end or to

2:15:41 to 2:15:57( Edit History Discussion )

Richard Lugar: change programs. indeed, the appropriations committee must review the program every year during the annual budget process, and if some aspect of this program is not meeting expectations, congress

2:15:57 to 2:16:13( Edit History Discussion )

Joseph Biden: has the ability to withhold funds at that point. i understand the sunset laws in some cases can have value, and the distinguished senator from texas has pointed that out. from experience in the

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Speech By: Joseph Biden