[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11570]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AMERICAN COMPASSION FOR HIV/AIDS

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Next week, more than 20,000 delegates from around the 
world will convene in Washington for the International AIDS Conference.
  I find it ironic and a little bit sad that, as so many mobilize to 
fight this deadly epidemic, the majority in this body want to cut $150 
million from USAID's global health initiative, which funds AIDS 
prevention efforts.
  When will we learn? Fighting diseases in the developing world is more 
than a matter of humanitarian decency. It's also critical to our 
national security.
  This week, as we debate how much money to appropriate to the Defense 
Department, I hope we will remember that defending America and our 
values isn't just about how many weapons we build, but how many lives 
we save around the world. This is the core truth behind my SMART 
Security proposal, that fighting terrorism and keeping our country safe 
depends less on American military force and more on American 
compassion.

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