Senate Proceeding on Jul 16th, 2008 :: 8:21:42 to 8:23:03
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Jim DeMint: a year currently. this amendment of the senator's is based in part on the congressional budget office report that assumes pepfarep, tuberculosis, malaria spending for fiscal 2009 will only be $1.

8:21:42 to 8:22:02( Edit History Discussion )

Joseph Biden: $1.5 billion. that false assumption stems from the fact that the congressional congressional budget office is evaluating this reauthorization act as if it were starting from zero. that's how they get the $35

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Speech By: Joseph Biden

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Joseph Biden: billion. it's not starting from zero. it's starting from $6.5 billion. and it would result in cuts of 12 million h.i.v. prevention of infections, 12 million people, including 5 million orphans of vulnerable children,

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Joseph Biden: treatment of millions of people, the idea according at that a formula that climbs as appropriate -- excuse me, appropriations rise over tievment and a major expansion of efforts to come efforts to combat

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Joseph Biden: tuberculosis and malaria. together which claim 3.6 million lives a year. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. the question is on the amendment amendment. all in favor say aye. mr.