At 04:12 PM 8/28/2004 -0700 Doug Pensinger wrote: >The Clinton Record: >http://www.thebody.com/hhs/clinton.html >or >http://tinyurl.com/3w6ed > >The Clinton Administration has responded aggressively to the significant >threat posed by HIV/AIDS with increased attention to research, prevention, >and treatment. Overall funding for AIDS-related programs within HHS has >increased by 150 percent under the Clinton Administration, with funding >for AIDS care under the HHS Health Resources and Services Administration's >Ryan White CARE Act increasing by 358 percent and assistance for the >purchase of AIDS drugs increasing by 965 percent. The FY 2001 budget >includes $9.2 billion in total HIV/AIDS funding within HHS. > >At the same time, the Administration has sharpened the focus of its AIDS >programs, establishing a new Office of National AIDS Policy at the White >House, and signed legislation creating a permanent Office of AIDS Research >at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Administration also >convened the first-ever White House Conference on HIV and AIDS in December >1995, released the first National AIDS Strategy in December 1996, and >prepared the first federal biomedical research plan in 1997. In May 1997, >President Clinton announced a comprehensive AIDS vaccine research >initiative designed to lead to the development of an AIDS vaccine within >10 years, and in 1998, the Food and Drug Administration approved the >nation's first large-scale trial for an AIDS prevention vaccine. In >addition, President Clinton announced the Millennium Vaccine Initiative on >May 31, 2000 which calls for sharp increases in vaccine research at the >National Institutes of Health, new investments for the purchase and >delivery of existing vaccines and a substantial tax credit for the private >sector to speed the development of new vaccines. > >Recognizing the unique situation facing Africa, President Clinton signed >an Executive Order on May 10, 2000 which assists sub-Saharan African >governments that promote access to HIV/AIDS pharmaceutical and medical >technologies. This order will give sub-Saharan governments the flexibility >to bring life-saving drugs and medical technologies to affected >populations. > > >The Bush Record: >http://www.thebody.com/pinf/bush_report_card.html >or >http://tinyurl.com/52my6 > >As the Bush Administration's Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS >(PACHA) convenes, national, regional and local HIV/AIDS organizations have >come together and find that President George W. Bush and his >Administration are not making the grade in providing the strong >leadership, coordinated national strategy and funding necessary to combat >the AIDS epidemic both at home and abroad. With 40 million people in the >world living with HIV, the AIDS epidemic remains an urgent "national >security issue" that must be addressed at the highest levels of the >federal government. > > Funding Leadership >Care D D >Housing C - C >Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative D - D - >Prevention D F >Research B + D >Global C - C >Executive Office of the Pres. N/A D +
The astounding chutzpah to imply that Bush has somehow drastically deteriotaed AIDS policy from the golden age they had under Clinton utterly discredits this source. Your quotes remind me of the National Parks Conservation Association, who amazingly seem to only find the most dire NPS budget shortfalls under Republican Presidents. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
