deadline for Congress to pass funding bills to avoid a government shutdown fast approaches, congressional Republicans are pointing to specific programs they would like to see razed to reduce spending significantly.One of those — U.S.
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) — knows exactly what he’d like to cut.Davidson, who represents a conservative suburban district in southwest Ohio just outside of Cincinnati, proposed an amendment to cut $505 million from the Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS Program, which helps people living with HIV to find stable housing.“AIDS is a horrific disease.
And we have lots of horrific diseases in our country, but we don’t have programs for everybody that gets a disease,” Davidson said in a floor speech last week explaining his amendment. “We don’t have programs specifically for people that get cancer, for example.”He continued, “We have programs for AIDS because when AIDS was first spreading, people didn’t understand it.
They thought it was spread, you know, like a contagion, that you could get it just because you lived in the same housing development as someone else.
Read more on metroweekly.com
Get the latest stars news and celebrity rumours with exclusive stories, photos, videos and interviews.
Breaking up, scandals, engagements, divorces, gossip – all you need to know about the private lives of your favorite celebs.
Get to know the latest showbiz news along with exclusive interviews and even more. All this is waiting for you on the main page 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Who, where, when, with whom, how, why and for what!? Stay tuned to know first!
Just follow us daily and we will provide you with the current news from the life of famous stars and celebrities.
Owner: SNOWLAND s.r.o.
Registration certificate 06691200
Address:
Snowland s.r.o.
16200, Na okraji 381/41, Veleslavín, 162 00 Praha 6
Czech Republic
©2024. All rights reserved.