Press Releases
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Kentuckians urge Senators McConnell and Paul to support bipartisan BUILD Act to bring private-sector funds into global poverty fight
BOWLING GREEN — A group of Kentuckians are urging Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul to support a bipartisan bill that would help fight global poverty by making it easier for innovative Kentucky entrepreneurs to invest in developing countries. Earlier this year, a group of Kentuckians traveled to Capitol Hill to urge Senators McConnell and Paul…
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Wisconsinites urge Senator Ron Johnson to support bipartisan BUILD Act to bring private-sector funds into global poverty fight
APPLETON — A group of Wisconsinites are urging Senator Ron Johnson to support a bipartisan bill that would help fight global poverty by making it easier for innovative Wisconsin entrepreneurs to invest in developing countries. Earlier this month, a group of Wisconsinites delivered hundreds of letters and petitions from constituents urging Senator Johnson to support…
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ONE and Cargill join forces to fight extreme poverty
WASHINGTON — The ONE Campaign announced a new partnership today with Cargill to advocate for improving access to education and lifting women and girls out of extreme global poverty. The new partnership, which is aligned with ONE’s Poverty is Sexist campaign, will engage world-class storytellers to share inspiring stories of girls and women who are…
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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…