FOREIGN AID XXXX Voted To Cut $15 Billion From Foreign Aid And $1 Billion From The Energy Department. In March 2013, XXXX voted in favor of Paul, R-Ky., amendment no. 382 that would adjust the resolution with the intention of allowing for a $16 billion increase in funding for infrastructure projects, offset through intended cuts for foreign assistance and Energy Department programs. The amendment was rejected by a vote of 26-72 (D 0-51; R 26-19; I 0-2). [Vote 82, 3/23/13] XXXX Voted For Global HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria Program Reauthorization and Funding. In July 2008, XXXX voted for a bill that would authorize $48 billion over five years for programs under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief used to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria overseas. The bill would replace the current requirement that one-third of all HIV prevention funding go to abstinence education with balanced funding for abstinence, fidelity and condom programs. It also would authorize $2 billion for American Indian health programs. The bill passed 80-16. [Vote 182, 7/16/08] XXXX Voted to Cut Global HIV/AIDS Funding Bill by $13 Billion. In July 2008, XXXX voted to cut funding to fight AIDS and other global diseases from $48 billion to $35 billion over five years. The amendment to the Global HIV/AIDS program reauthorization bill was offered by Senator Jim DeMint. Republican Richard G. Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, argued against the amendment, saying its passage would be “a severe blow to the United States leadership and prestige on this issue because it would profoundly affect the calculations of individuals, groups and governments that we are trying to engage in this fight against HIV-AIDS and whose commitments are, many of them, contingent upon our action today.” The amendment was rejected, 31-64. [CQ Today, 7/16/08; Vote 181, 7/16/08] XXXX Voted Against Capping US Contributions to UN Peacekeeping. In April 2005, XXXX voted against an amendment that would set the percentage of U.S. contributions to United Nations peacekeeping at 27.1 percent for calendar year 2005 through 2007. [Vote 84, 4/6/05] 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 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 malarial. [Vote 288, 7/17/03] XXXX Voted Against Reauthorizing Mexican Rural Development Funding. In July 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would authorize $100 million in fiscal 2004 for aid to Mexico, focused on micro credit lending, small business and entrepreneurial development, assistance for small farms and farmers hurt by declining coffee prices, and strengthening a system of private property ownership in rural communities. It would also express the sense of Congress that the U.S. government should work with Mexico on rural development assistance programs. [Vote 268, 7/10/03] XXXX Voted Against AIDS Relief for Caribbean Nations. In May 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would include 14 Caribbean nations among the list of priority recipients of the aid contained in the bill. [Vote 183, 5/16/03] XXXX Voted Against Providing $250 Million in Food Relief to AIDS Stricken Countries. In May 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would allow $250 million in food aid to sub-Saharan African nations. [Vote 178, 5/15/03] XXXX Voted Against Authorizing Up To $1 Billion For The Global AIDS Fund. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would authorize up to $1 billion for the Global AIDS Fund. The first $500 million would be allocated with no conditions. The second $500 million would be allocated only if foreign contributions are at least $1 billion. [Vote 177, 5/15/03] 132