Rep. Maxine Waters skewers GOP colleagues for trying to gut HIV/AIDS programs

As the keynote speaker for this year’s US Conference on HIV/AIDS, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) blasted her GOP colleagues for proposing cuts to both national and international HIV programs.

Waters skewered House Republicans who have refused to support a routine reauthorization of The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a hugely successful HIV prevention initiative in Africa.

Not reauthorizing this program, Waters said, “would endanger the lives of millions of people around the world who are living with HIV and risk the lives of millions more who are at risk. Moreover, it would undermine the United States leadership on global health issues.” She added that it’s “shameful” that the GOP wants to eliminate programs that have historically had “widespread support.”

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