{"id":52470,"date":"2009-04-01T22:22:27","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T22:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.org\/us\/?post_type=one_press&p=52470"},"modified":"2009-04-01T22:22:27","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T22:22:27","slug":"one-urges-u-s-senate-to-restore-critical-support-for-worlds-poorest-people","status":"publish","type":"one_press","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/press\/one-urges-u-s-senate-to-restore-critical-support-for-worlds-poorest-people\/","title":{"rendered":"ONE Urges U.S. Senate to Restore Critical Support for World’s Poorest People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington,\u00a0 D.C.<\/strong>-ONE\u00a0 today urged the Senate to restore critical support for America’s lifesaving\u00a0 global initiatives after the Senate Budget Committee last week slashed proposed\u00a0 funding for the modest portion of the budget that saves lives, fights disease\u00a0 and increases economic and educational opportunities for the world’s poorest\u00a0 people.<\/p>\n

ONE\u00a0 called on the Senate to follow President Obama’s leadership in supporting global\u00a0 health, education, agriculture and other investments by passing an amendment\u00a0 introduced by Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) to the FY2010\u00a0 Budget Resolution.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0 Kerry-Lugar amendment would restore the funding level requested by President\u00a0 Obama for the international affairs budget, the portion of the budget that\u00a0 includes America’s global poverty and disease reduction initiatives.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0 response to these recent developments, David Lane, President and C.E.O. of ONE,\u00a0 made the following statement:<\/p>\n

“ONE\u00a0 strongly urges the Senate to pass the Kerry-Lugar amendment and support the\u00a0 smart, successful U.S. initiatives that have saved lives and helped poor people\u00a0 fight their way out of extreme poverty. The decision by the Senate Budget\u00a0 Committee last week to cut support for these efforts is shortsighted and is not\u00a0 in line with the smart power approach advocated by Secretary Clinton and\u00a0 Secretary Gates, among others. ONE is disappointed that Senator Conrad and the\u00a0 Budget Committee failed to follow President Obama’s leadership on these vital\u00a0 issues. We thank Senators Kerry and Lugar for their\u00a0 leadership and urge the Senate to restore this critical funding.”<\/p>\n

Last week, the Senate Budget Committee, chaired by Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), removed approximately $4 billion from president’s original $53.8 billion request. These cuts suggest that innovative, successful programs that increase access to clean water and support infrastructure, such as the Millennium Challenge Corporation, or increase access to basic lifesaving medicines and treatments, such the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), may not be fully funded in the next fiscal year. These proposed cuts come at a time when the world’s poorest people are suffering from the economic crisis in the form of falling investment, exports and remittances.<\/p>\n

Both\u00a0 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have\u00a0 also urged the Senate to restore funding to the international affairs budget,\u00a0 arguing its importance to U.S. security and other\u00a0 interests (“Army\u00a0 Times: Gates Lobbies For More Funds – For State<\/a>,” 3\/30\/09).<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks\u00a0 to bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress, America’s lifesaving global efforts\u00a0 have delivered historic results in the last several\u00a0 years. <\/strong>More\u00a0 than 2 million people with HIV\/AIDS in Africa are receiving basic medicines and\u00a0 beating the disease thanks to America’s commitment. That number is up from just\u00a0 50,000 in 2003. Millions more are surviving malaria because of cost-effective\u00a0 investments in simple bed nets and medicines. Some 34 million more children\u00a0 living in the world’s poorest regions have been given the chance to go to school\u00a0 for the first time in recent years, opening the door to productive\u00a0 futures.<\/p>\n

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