Chairman. Thank you, thank you for being a good partner here. Madam ambassador lead us off. Thank you, chairman graham and Ranking Member leahy and im honored to appear before you today, particularly this committee today, providing Visionary Leadership of the United States president s emergency relief plan since 2003. Millions of men, women and children are alive today because of the compassion and bipartisan commitment of congress and president obama and the true generosity of American People. As you saw first hand and as the chairman mentioned, its not just a transformative Global Health program but an outstanding expression of american diplomacy. Im privilege to be joined today by three great leaders in the global hiv aids response. Ambassador mark, whose steward stewardship has been extraordinary. Pastor rick warren a voice of compassion for those affected by the epidemic. And Sir Elton John, a powerful advocate for those living with hiv aids for decade. They have change the the ve
And thats important, but doctors, the expertise you bring, we need it. Ill hush up for these people, but im glad youre doing this, chairman. Thank you, thank you for being a good partner here. Madam ambassador lead us off. Thank you, chairman graham and Ranking Member leahy and im honored to appear before you today, particularly this committee today, providing Visionary Leadership of the United States president s emergency relief plan since 2003. Millions of men, women and children are alive today because of the compassion and bipartisan commitment of congress and president obama and the true generosity of American People. As you saw first hand and as the chairman mentioned, its not just a transformative Global Health program but an outstanding expression of american diplomacy. Im privilege to be joined today by three great leaders in the global hiv aids response. Ambassador mark, whose steward stewardship has been extraordinary. Pastor rick warren a voice of compassion for those affec
Various investigations. In our various investigations. I want to thank all of our witnesses for being here today. Dr. Kim, i love the fact that you are involving the students at the university of maine. It is incredible that there are 50 different ideas that should keep them busy for quite some time. I thank you for taking the time to testing testifying for us today. I want to thank senator mccaskill and members of our committee who participated as well as the committee staffs. Most of all, thank you to our witnesses. Our meeting is adjourned. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [chattering} [indiscernible] if you missed this in hearing we will have it for you later in our Program Schedule and you can find it online at www. Cspan. Org. Loretta lynch will be on capitol hill tomorrow and will justify testify at the Justice Departme
Includes all the funding for the state department and our embassies and consulate, aid to israel and other nations. A small portion of it goes to fighting a. I. D. S. And malaria, tuberculosis, and other diseases. What i want the american taxpayer to know is that from my point of view being a conservative republican from south carolina, ive never seen a better return on investment. The private sector and the federal government and other International Organizations and other governments have been collaborating for well over a decade to take the fight to a. I. D. S. , and were winning and a. I. D. S. Is losing. At the end of the day, the scourge is being put in a box but growing in some areas of africa for reasons we must address. In terms of future commitment of money, now is not the time to back off. Were literally inside the ten yard line when it comes to some of these diseases like a. I. D. S. And malaria, and there are thousands, if not millions, of young people alive today because
Evidence of it. On the last trip i found evidence, a number of videos that i do believe it is going on, and i believe it could be a significant amount of money. Basically, the Shia Community in kuwait is very small and i do not want to say it is particularly insular, but it is an extremely strong community. I believe the way the fundraising is happening is much more private, gatherings in homes, personal connections. One businessman will call his friend and say, we need to do this to support our brothers in syria. Much more quieter. It is notable that a number of the most prominent businessmen in kuwait who are shia also have very significant Foreign Investment in syria. They have both a personal stake and a business date and the maintenance of the status quo. This goes a long way to explaining at least some of the cash flows that i believe are moving. This funding, at least what i have so far sort of tapped into, like the sunni side, and i want to stress this, is equally sectarian in