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General

Statement on World AIDS Day

November 10, 1997
Speech to the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Conference on Healthcare Resource Allocation
Containing a synopsis of national priorities in preventing and treating HIV/AIDS

May 22, 1995
Statement of Representative Henry A. Waxman
On the history and future of federal action on the AIDS epidemic

Medicaid Expansion for HIV/AIDS Patients

February 22, 1990
Statement before the House of Representatives
Regarding the costs of the AIDS epidemic, and a proposal to have the Medicaid program shoulder some of its financial cost. The Ryan White CARE Act supplanted this attempt.

Needle Exchange Programs

April 29, 1998
Statement by Rep. Waxman on a proposed bill that would prohibit federal spending on needle exchange programs
Opposing the bill because these programs reduce HIV transmission and without leading to increased drug addiction

September 11, 1997
Statement by Rep. Waxman on an amendment to the proposed Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1998
Opposing an amendment that would have prohibited the use of federal funds for implementing or studying needle exchange programs

Ryan White CARE Act of 1990

September 30, 1994
Statement on the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act
Highlighting the successes of the bill and urging Congress to reauthorize it for six more years

August 3, 1990
Statement on the Conference Report on S. 2240, Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990
Explaining what the act will accomplish

June 13, 1990
Statement before the House of Representatives
Explaining why Congress should pass the proposed Ryan White CARE Act