Committee Hearings, Compulsory Licensing for AIDS-related Pharmaceuticals in Africa / Tax Credit for AIDS Vaccine Research and Development

This page contains testimony given before Congressional committees related to this issue. Note that many organizations giving testimony before committees also have statements and information available on their own webpages. That material is available under organizational statements.

This page contains all abstracts from hearings, but only selected transcripts released electronically by the relevant committee.

Abstracts:

• House Government Reform Committee, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources Subcommittee, 7/22/99

Testimony:

• Madeleine Albright - State Department, House Appropriations Committee, Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Subcommittee, 3/15/00
• Faith Action for People-Centered Development Policy, House Appropriations Committee, Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Subcommittee, 3/15/00
• Dyann Wirth - American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, House Appropriations Committee, Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Subcommittee, 3/30/00
• Lawrence H. Summers - Treasury Deparment, House Appropriations Committee, Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Subcommittee, 4/13/00
  
  
• John G. Bartlett - Infectious Diseases Society of America, House Appropriations Committee, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee, 4/5/00
• Donna Shalala - Department of Health and Human Services, House Appropriations Committee, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee, 2/8/00
  
  
• Timothy F. Geithner - Treasury Department, House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 3/8/00
• Rep. Jim Leach, et al., House Banking and Financial Services Committee, 3/8/00
  
  
• Dyann Wirth - American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, House Commerce Committee, Health and Environment Subcommittee, 9/13/00
  
  
• Rep. Marion Berry, House Government Reform Committee, Criminal Justice, Human Resources and Drug Policy Subcommittee, 7/22/99
• Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., House Government Reform Committee, Criminal Justice, Human Resources and Drug Policy Subcommittee, 7/22/99
• Peter Laurie - Public Citizen, House Government Reform Committee, Criminal Justice, Human Resources and Drug Policy Subcommittee, 7/22/99
• James Love - Consumer Project on Technology, House Government Reform Committee, Criminal Justice, Human Resources and Drug Policy Subcommittee, 7/22/99
• Joseph Papovich, House Government Reform Committee, Criminal Justice, Human Resources and Drug Policy Subcommittee, 7/22/99
• Eric Sawyer - HIV/AIDS Human Rights Project, House Government Reform Committee, Criminal Justice, Human Resources and Drug Policy Subcommittee, 7/22/99
  
  
• Madeleine Albright - State Department, House International Relations Committee, 2/16/00
• J. Brady Anderson - U.S. Agency for International Development, House International Relations Committee, 3/15/00
• David Satcher - Department of Health and Human Services, House International Relations Committee, 6/29/00
  
  
• Rep. Phil Crane, et al., House Ways and Means Committee, 2/8/00
• Lawrence H. Summers - Treasury Department, House Ways and Means Committee, 2/9/00
• William Foege - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Senate Appropriations Committee, 4/12/00
  
  
• Lawrence H. Summers - Treasury Department, Senate Appropriations Committee, Foreign Operations Subcommittee, 4/6/00
• Nils Daulaire -Global Health Council, Senate Appropriations Committee, Foreign Operations Subcommittee, 4/11/00
• Adel Mahmoud - Merck, Senate Appropriations Committee, Foreign Operations Subcommittee, 4/11/00
• Lawrence H. Summers - Treasury Department, Senate Appropriations Committee, Foreign Operations Subcommittee, 4/11/00
• Madeleine K Albright - State Department, Senate Appropriations Committee, Foreign Operations Subcommittee, 4/13/00
  
  
• Lawrence H. Summers - Treasury Department, Senate Finance Committee, 2/8/00
  
  
• Madeleine K. Albright - State Department, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 2/8/00
• Brady Anderson - U.S. Agency for International Development, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 2/10/00
  
  
• Harvey E. Bale - International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, African Affairs Subcommittee, 2/24/00
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, African Affairs Subcommittee, 2/24/00
• Sen. John F. Kerry, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, African Affairs Subcommittee, 2/24/00