Posted 9/11/2023, 5:19:40 PM
Activists Arrested During PEPFAR Funding Protest in Rep. McCarthy's Office
- A small group of activists entered House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office and staged a protest for PEPFAR funding.
- The activists were from Housing Works and Health GAP. Their leaders Charles King and Asia Russell were arrested.
- PEPFAR provides HIV/AIDS funding worldwide, but some Republicans oppose it funding abortions.
- Representative Chris Smith wants PEPFAR to ban abortion funding before he supports it.
- The Heritage Foundation accused Biden of using PEPFAR to promote a "radical social agenda."
- Biden wants a 5-year reauthorization of PEPFAR without restrictions.