Mr. Speaker. I want to congratulate President Reagan and Vice President BUSH for their call for AIDS testing of applicants for marriage licenses. prisoners. immigrants. and those seeking treatment for drug abuse and sexually transmitted diseases. The sometimes hostile reaction to their policy proposals neglects the fact that we must both seek a cure for AIDS and prevent the spread of AIDS to the uninfected. Critics claim that little money has been provided for research efforts aimed at finding a safe and effective treatment or cure for AIDS. That claim simply is not true. The Reagan administration requested and Congress provided $436 million last year for AIDS research and will increase that amount to about $1 billion next year.
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