Chairman WAXMAN did the best he could in the conference committee to change the Senate language. and thanks to him. some small steps in the right direction were achieved. The conference report allows the Attorney General to grant waivers from this exclusion to HIVpositive visitors to our country for up to 6 months. Waivers may also be given to permanent Immigrants with the HIV virus if they have immediate family members In the United States. Mr. Speaker. I support the NIH reauthorization bill because offers so much hope for so many sick people. But I cannot support the ban on HIVpositive immigration. and I sincerely hope that the day will come when this inhumane policy will be reversed.
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