Statement of Senator Barack Obama on the President Signing the Global AIDS Bill into Law
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barack Obama today released the following statement after President Bush signed the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 into law:
"With nearly 33 million people around the world living with HIV/AIDS and the number of new infections increasing each year, this global health crisis demands a comprehensive and immediate response. The President took an important step forward in addressing this challenge by signing the global AIDS bill into law today.
"This bill represents a renewed and expanded commitment by the United States to fight this deadly disease - not just here at home but around the world. The scope and magnitude of this epidemic are staggering, yet, together with our international partners we have made and will continue to make a real difference by helping those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS through prevention, testing and treatment."