 XXXX Voted Against AIDS Relief for Caribbean Nations. In May 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would have included 14 Caribbean nations among the list of priority recipients eligible to receive aid. [Vote 183, 5/16/03] XXXX Voted Against An Amendment To Increase Funding To Fight Global AIDS By $800 Million. In 2003, XXXX voted against increasing by $800 million funding to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria around the world. The vote was on an amendment that would increase funding by $800 million on global AIDS treatment and prevention and programs to fight tuberculosis and malaria. It also would include $800 million for deficit reduction. The spending would have been offset by a reduction in tax cuts. [Vote 104, 3/26/03] XXXX Voted Against Providing $540 Million for Minority Health Services for HIV/AIDS Programs and an HHS Civil Rights Office. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would have provided $540 million for minority health services, including HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs, and the civil rights office of the Health and Human Services Department. The NAACP supported the $540 Million for minority health services. [Vote 20, 1/23/03; NAACP Legislative Report Card, 2003-04] XXXX Voted To Double Funding For The UN Fund To Fight HIV/AIDS. In 2002, XXXX voted to double to $200 million funding for fighting AIDS overseas. The amendment would increase the appropriation for the United Nations Child Survival and Health Programs Fund from $100 million to $200 million and would add an emergency designation. The $200 million would only be used for programs for the prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, and special emphasis would be given to aid directed at the prevention of transmission of HIV/AIDS from mother to child, including medications to prevent such transmission. A Democratic effort to boost the total to $500 million was rejected 49-46. [HR 4775, Vote 142, 6/6/02; Associated Press, 6/7/02] XXXX Voted Against Considering An Amendment To Increase Funding To $500 Million For A UN Fund To Fight AIDS. In 2002, XXXX voted against an amendment that would increase the appropriation for the United Nations Child Survival and Health Programs Fund from $100 million to $500 million, and would add an emergency designation in order to permit all of the spending to be deficit spending instead of within the budget. The motion was rejected, 46-49. [HR 4775, Vote 141, 6/6/02] NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH XXXX Voted Against Funding for IHS. In 2005, XXXX voted against an amendment that required the Federal Reserve banks to transfer $1 billion in fiscal 2006 from surplus funds to the general fund of the Treasury for Indian health care services. Of those funds, it required that $1.4 million be made available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and $860 million be made available to the Indian Health Service director. [Vote 163, 6/29/05] XXXX Opposed Billions for Indian Health Clinical Services. In 2004, XXXX voted against an amendment that would have provided the Appropriations Committee with an additional $3.4 billion for Indian health clinical services and covered that cost by eliminating either tax loopholes or a small portion of the substantial tax break that taxpayers with incomes in excess of $1 million are scheduled to receive this year. [Vote 52, 3/11/04] XXXX Voted Against Increasing Indian Health Funding By $2.5 Billion And Offset By Reducing Tax Cuts. In 2003, XXXX voted against increasing funding for the Indian Health Service by $2.5 billion and devote another $2.5 billion to deficit reduction. The vote was on an amendment that would offset the spending by a decrease in tax cuts [Vote 87, 3/25/03] XXXX Voted Against Adding $292 Million for Clinical Services of the Indian Health Service. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would have added $292 million in funding for the clinical services of the Indian Health Services. The amendment provided an additional $292 million in funding for clinical services of the Indian Health Service. [Vote 356, 9/23/03] XXXX Voted Against Transferring $72.9 Million to the Indian Health Service From the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians. In 2003, XXXX voted against transferring $79.2 million to the Indian Health 185