Bono Visits Capitol Hill
Today, Bono met with Congressional leaders to make sure that the fight against AIDS, malaria and extreme poverty is a priority in 2007.
His Statement on today’s meetings:
“I’m alarmed we could not get a commitment from the Democratic
leadership to prevent the loss of $1 billion dollars in the continuing
resolution to fight AIDS, malaria and extreme poverty.
400,000 of the most vulnerable people on Earth have been taken hostage
by politics.
I don’t know who’s to blame. Democrats are blaming Republicans,
Republicans are blaming Democrats. But the million people who were
expecting bed nets don’t care who’s to blame. They just know that in
2007 a promise made by the United States to keep their families safe is
in danger of being broken.
It will take responsible leadership on both sides to make this right. We
are going to keep fighting. This isn’t over.
Afterwards, he stopped by our office to talk to the ONE team and remind us how important our work is. This news from today makes it hard for me to forget.
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