Press Releases
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House advances bipartisan bill to bring private-sector money into fight against poverty
WASHINGTON — Following today’s vote in the House of Representatives to advance H.R. 5105, the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act, The ONE Campaign issued the below statement. Tom Hart, North America executive director at The ONE Campaign: “The best tool for fighting extreme poverty is a good job. Today, the House…
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Momentum grows for bipartisan BUILD Act: Experts urge Congress to pass bill, bring private-sector money into fight against global poverty
WASHINGTON — On the heels of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s vote yesterday to advance S. 2463, the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act of 2018, 17 leading global poverty experts and organizations have sent a letter to leaders in Congress urging them to pass the bill. “The BUILD Act would bring…
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee advances bipartisan bill to bring private-sector money into fight against poverty
WASHINGTON — Following today’s markup in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee of S. 2463, the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act, The ONE Campaign issued the below statement praising the Committee’s progress. Tom Hart, North America executive director at The ONE Campaign: “The best tool for fighting extreme poverty is a good…
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New data shows U.S. aid programs among the best in the world
WASHINGTON — The ONE Campaign today applauded new data from Publish What You Fund that highlights the transparency of U.S. development programs and major multilateral institutions that the U.S. supports. In its 2018 report, the AID Transparency Index — which serves as an independent measure of aid transparency — found U.S. aid programs, including USAID, PEPFAR and…
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ONE applauds Senator Marco Rubio for supporting new bipartisan bill to bring private-sector funds into global poverty fight
MIAMI — The ONE Campaign today applauded Senator Marco Rubio for cosponsoring a new bipartisan bill that would bring tens of billions of dollars in new private-sector investment into the fight against extreme global poverty by helping innovative American entrepreneurs build infrastructure projects, create first-time access to electricity, start businesses, and expand their reach in…
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ONE marks 15th anniversary of PEPFAR
WASHINGTON — On the eve of the 15th anniversary of President George W. Bush signing the law that created the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), The ONE Campaign released the following statement. Tom Hart, North America executive director at The ONE Campaign: “When President George W. Bush launched PEPFAR 15 years ago this…
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ONE urges Secretary Pompeo not to defend proposed cuts to global AIDS funding, and to reject Administration’s harmful PEPFAR strategy
WASHINGTON — On the eve of the 15th anniversary of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), The ONE Campaign released the following statement calling on Secretary Mike Pompeo to reject the Administration’s strategy for PEPFAR proposed by his predecessor at the State Department, which threatens to trigger a resurgence of the AIDS…
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ONE applauds the House Foreign Affairs Committee for advancing new bipartisan bill to bring private-sector money into fight against poverty
WASHINGTON — Following today’s markup in the House Foreign Affairs Committee of H.R. 5105, the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act, The ONE Campaign issued the below statement praising the Committees’ progress. Today, two dozen ONE faith leaders from across the country are on Capitol Hill to urge leaders in Congress to…
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Pompeo should reject Tillerson’s disastrous PEPFAR strategy
WASHINGTON — Ahead of Mike Pompeo’s confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State, The ONE Campaign released the following statement calling on the nominee to reject former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s PEPFAR strategy that threatens to trigger a resurgence of the epidemic. Tom Hart, North America executive director at The ONE Campaign: “The strategy and funding…
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ONE applauds the FY 2018 budget, urges Congress to support full funding for SFOPS in FY 2019
WASHINGTON — The ONE Campaign released the below statement applauding the FY 2018 budget, which protects life-saving assistance accounts, including many of ONE’s core priorities, for the remainder of the fiscal year. Tom Hart, North America executive director at The ONE Campaign: “In the face of unprecedented proposed cuts from the White House to America’s…