Emergency Supplemental Still Possible!

Download the letter with signatures as a pdf

In June, four U.S. Senators sent out a very powerful bipartisan "Dear Colleague" letter in support of providing badly needed fiscal relief to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). The letter is co-authored by Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Gordon Smith (R-OR), and Olympia Snowe (R-ME). The letter is signed by 21 additional Senators, and has been sent to the Senate Subcommittee in charge of ADAP appropritions.

Not only does this letter ask for a $217 million increase for ADAP for the next fiscal year, but it also supports an immediate emergency supplemental increase of $122 million to help deal with the current ADAP crisis. There might be a possibility of an amendment being attached to the disaster relief bill for the recent hurricans in Florida. Please download the letter for your record, and ask your Senators to support an emergency Supplemental Amendment to Save ADAP!

Senators in support of an ADAP Emergency Supplemental:

Authors:

Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Gordon Smith (R-OR)
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)

Signers:

Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Jon Corzine (D-NJ)
Tom Daschle (D-SD)
Mark Dayton (D-MN)
James Jeffords (I-VT)
Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
John Kerry (D-MA)
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Carl Levin (D-MI)
Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Patty Murray (D-WA)
Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
Charles Schumer (D-NY)
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)