XXXX Opposed Adding $50 Million for Immunization Programs. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment “that would have added $50 million to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for immunization programs.” The amendment would provide for an additional $50 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national immunization program. The substitute amendment would provide $137.6 billion in discretionary spending in fiscal 2004 for the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education departments and related agencies. The motion to consider the Reed amendment was rejected 47-49. Subsequently, the chair upheld the point of order, and the amendment fell. [HR 2660, Vote 337, 9/10/03; CQ Daily Monitor, 9/10/03] XXXX Voted Against Providing an Additional $401 Million to the Ryan White Care Act, for AIDS care. In 2003, XXXX voted against providing an additional $401 million for AIDS care. The amendment would have increased funding for the Ryan White Care Act by $401 million. The substitute amendment provided $137.6 billion in discretionary spending in fiscal 2004 for the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education departments and related agencies. [Vote 335, 9/10/03; CQ Daily Monitor, 9/10/03] XXXX Opposed $940 Million for HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would have provided an additional $940 million in funding for HIV/AIDS prevention programs through the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The amendment would provide $472.2 billion in fiscal 2004 for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and related agencies. [Vote 332, 9/9/03] XXXX Voted Against A Move to Shift $1.1 Billion From Defense Procurement to Fight Against Global HIV/AIDS. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment to eliminate $1.1 billion in the bill designated for defense procurement, research, development and testing and reallocate that sum toward the treatment and prevention of global HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. [HR 2658, Vote 288, 7/17/03] XXXX Voted For Reauthorizing HIV/AIDS Funding. In 2003, XXXX voted for an amendment that expressed the sense of Congress that the provisions of the global HIV/AIDS bill enacted in 2003 be fully funded during the appropriations process, even if doing so exceeded the funding allowed by the fiscal 2004 budget resolution. [Vote 270, 7/10/03] XXXX Voted Against A Move to Shift $1.1 Billion From Defense Procurement to Fight Against Global HIV/AIDS. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would have eliminated $1.1 billion in the bill designated for defense procurement, research, development and testing and reallocate that sum toward the treatment and prevention of global HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. [Vote 228, 7/17/03] XXXX Voted Against Authorizing Up To $1 Billion For The Global AIDS Fund. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would have authorized up to $1 billion for the Global AIDS Fund. The first $500 million would have been allocated with no conditions while the second $500 million would have been allocated only if foreign contributions totaled at least $1 billion. [Vote 177, 5/15/03]  XXXX Voted to Spend a Third of AIDS Relief Funding on Abstinence Education. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would have removed a provision requiring that 33 percent of the money for AIDS prevention programs be spent on abstinence education. [Vote 180, 5/16/03]  XXXX Voted Against Requiring the Bush Administration to Purchase AIDS Treatment Drugs At Lowest Possible Price. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would have directed the Bush administration to purchase AIDS treatment drugs at the lowest possible price. [Vote 181, 5/16/03]  XXXX Voted Against Protecting the Children of AIDS Victims. In May 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would have required the development and implementation of a plan to assist those who were caring for children orphaned after losing their parents to AIDS. [Vote 182, 5/16/03] 184