the renovation of i-15, the interstate highway that runs through the salt lake valley. both projects, properly authorized, properly funded, with respect to transportation activities. i-15 was 10 years beyond its designed life when construction began comment before renovation. -- began on it before renovation. the project was outlined for nine years under standard construction procedures.

working with the highway administration, came up with a method of doing it which is called design build to. you design it while you are building it. you do it simultaneously. in the process, they cut the time from nine years to 4.5. they also cut the cost by close to zero billion dollars. yes, -- close to a billion dollars. yes, it will enhance the olympics. gao has included its total in its calculation of the cost of the olympics, but it had to be done, it was a logical expense of the highway trust fund, it was funded in the normal fashion, and because of the pressure of the olympics put on it in terms of time, we now have

a pilot project with design built that is coming in ahead of schedule and under budget. we're saving taxpayers money by virtue of the pressure of the olympics but on this highway project. there is absolutely no question but that the money would have been spent even if the olympics had not come to salt lake city. it may not have been spent as wisely or as prudently as it is being spent if we had not had the pressure of the olympics. the second issue is the mass transit system in salt lake city. it stood with all the other mass transit systems being reviewed by the department of transportation. it was approved in the clinton administration as an appropriate transit program for the metropolitan area that was experiencing tremendous growth

and congeste andion. -- congestion. the contractors insist that it will be available for the olympics, it will certainly help the olympics, but it was not approved as an olympic project. it was not examined as an olympic project. it was not evaluated by the department of transportation. its cost is included in the gao study because it occurred in the

period it when things were being spent in utah. i must make a further footnote in respect to i-15. it is being funded largely by state funds. the federal dollars only became available after it was passed in 1998 and the state decided we cannot wait. had we not have the olympics and waited for a full federal participation, the state of utah would be paying less than it is now. the state of utah has put up a substantial sum of money by virtue of this for this and the structure. we do not complain about that because we will have its act of the games are over. we will have benefit after the games are over. i do want to make it clear that if you take the $2 billion

figure to which the senator from arizona referred, and break it down, you come up with a much smaller figure for the federal participation in -- olympics. back to the earlier point, we must address the question of the federal role. let us look at what the olympics due to any country that gets them in today's world. my wife and i went to japan to see the olympics put on in japan. we read the japanese newspapers. we did not come up with a firm figure. the japanese newspaper

speculated that the total amount japan as the country spent in order to put on the olympics was a $13 billion. highest figure i read was $18 billion. given the kind of accounting sleight of hand that accompanied the japanese olympics, i think the higher figure is the accurate one. even if we take a lower figure, japan decided they could not put on an olympics or the of world attention without making such infrastructure improvements as to spend ultimately $13 billion. i participated in the benefits of that. i rode the bullet train from downtown tokyo to were the olympics were held. they decided they could not put

in the olympics without putting a bullet train. we viewed the olympics as basically a scoring event. the rest of the world use the olympics very differently and once a country is awarded the olympics to one of its host cities, the entire national government of that country becomes engaged. we need to think this one through. if we ever want to hold the olympic games in the united states again, and have the games be presented to the world on anything like the level the world has come to expect, we're going to have to face the facts that the federal government must be involved in a formal kind of way. the gao comments about this growing upon us are correct. a formal examination of the american federal government

participation in the olympics is overdue. the fact is now, no city in this country can but for, accept, and put on the olympic games without significant federal support. the clinton administration has recognized that. i have been a long critic of the clinton administration in a number of areas. in this area, the clinton administration has stepped up to the plate and supported absolutely everything that has to be done to see the olympics are put on inappropriate -- puts on an in -- in an appropriate

way. the olympics games in salt lake city in 2002 are going to be fabulous. we have the best mountains, the best snow, the best facilities. it is going to be a fabulous experience for the entire world and all americans are going to be very proud of the job the salt lake olympics organizing committee will do in putting that on. but the organizing committee could not do it without the kind of support that has been provided by all but federal agencies who have been called upon in the various appropriation bills that have gone through. as a look to the future, and anticipate the possibility that at some point, some other american city will either gain the summer games or the winter games, we should put in place

the recommendations of the gao and recognize right up front that is a national effort. it is a federal responsibility as well as a city responsibility. perform as every other country in the world performs with respect to this particular opportunity. if we decide as a congress that we do not want federal participation in the games, -- in the let the games, and make that decision clear. no american city can never afford the kinds of things that are required. mr. president, i think the senator from arizona for raising this issue. for bringing this to an understanding of the importance of the recommendations and for giving me the opportunity to give the specifics about the $2 billion figure. the federal government, in fact,

will spend far less than that figure, far less than $1 billion, carl less than however many hundreds of millions of dollars. i did not know the number and i do not know anybody who does. it will be less than any other federal government has spent to bring the olympics to their host country. it demonstrates to us that we have to have the kind of planning and coordination for which the senator from arizona calls. >> in the fall of 2001, a couple of weeks after the terrorist attacks on september 11, mitt romney met with members of the utah delegation to talk about the issues of funding and security. this was from october 3, 2001. >> thank you, center for

organizing the meeting -- thank you, senator, for organizing the meeting. all moved most, when we receive the support of our friends. i was in shock following the events of september 11. i sell the german singing the national anthem. i finally broke down. it was the support of our friends that touched us most deeply. today, i did not know what to expect. it was overwhelming. it was positive. on behalf of the athletes, thousands of young people around the world, who look to these games and hope this will be a place for them to show their courage and strength and sacrifice, on behalf of them, i

am moved untouched and greatly appreciative of the leadership of our country to do everything necessary to fill our obligation to host a safe and secure gains. i'm entirely confident that what has been put in place by the secret service, the public safety command, it is a plan which is complete, comprehensive, and robust. it will minimize every possible risk to the extent humanly possible to wish to ensure the safety of the athletes and spectators. let me turn to any questions you might have and then we will end this brief conference. >> [inaudible] >> we're not going to talk about

the money involved. a variety of important reasons, but with regards to the way the games will be run and security, i might as well turn it over to mitt romney. i would rather have him answer the questions. >> should we take a moment? let's take a moment for just a second until the motorcade goes by. thank you. the specific requests are being organized by the secret service, fbi, and the utah public safety command. they will call for additional personnel. the state of utah is contributing 2000 personnel from their current law enforcement team to the effort protecting the games. the federal government has a substantial portion of those resources. that number will increase by a

significant amount. the exact number is not something we are prepared to give you today. the speaker of the house made it very clear that he wanted to see a full briefing on all of the plans prepared by the respected agencies for the games. until we have all of those plans completed, we cannot give you a final figure. there's also a certain amount of financial resources that will be requested. the numbers are very small relative to the amount that his party been appropriated by the federal government, $200 million. the additional resources this small, relative to that which has already been appropriated. however, every action will be taken that is conceivable to secure aerospace, the news, and to secure the safety of the people. there is no specific plan with regards to the federal military

personnel. in atlanta, the props the number of federal troops is about 15,000. i think it is likely there will be some increase in the support of the military nature. the number of federal officers and federal troops will be substantially less. a small fraction of that compares to those that were employed in atlanta. >> you mentioned that some of the security procedures might cause some inconvenience this. can you go into some detail about what those will be? >> i do not think he will see a substantial difference before and after september 11.

the called party called for extensive searches. -- already called for extensive searches. i do not think he will see a big difference, but we originally told people to plan to get to a venue two hours before the event began. it will not be more than two years to hours. -- more than two hours. >> has there been any word about whether the faa has cleared the olympic workers? >> that is an ongoing process. many of the plans continue to be worked out. i would tell you that we came away with today was an absolute

unanimous show of support from all the people in that room to do what is essential and necessary. the specifics are that are can be worked out by the appropriate agencies. i am confident it will be supported by the state, federal, local departments. i think we're probably finished. one more question? if not, thank you very much. >> if you want to get more information on mitt romney's role in the 2002 winter games in south lake -- salt lake city. you can watch this and all of our campaign programming on c- span.org/campaign2012. >> ron paul will join us

tomorrow morning to discuss the current presidential campaign. the upcoming convention -- he will take your call starting at 8:30 eastern on c-span. later in the day, the 2012 presidential campaign. live coverage from the national press club at 1:00 eastern. up next, joe biden talks about the shooting in aurora, colorado. members of the house and senate discuss the shootings. secretary of state clinton addresses the opening session of the international aids conference in washington. >> without taking it personally

and with the to -- without hitting the person on the other side. >> he reflects over 25 years on the bench. >> joe biden talks about the colorado movie theater shootings at the national association of police organization in florida. his remarks are about 15 minutes.

people who had your back. they have your back on the playground. they had your back on the football field. they had your back in a fight. they had your back. . you are a special breed. it is my special honor to be

able to work with so many of you. nine more loyal, and none more -- none closer friends. i had intended to come down and talk about policy with you. this is an important convention and you were going to make some important decisions. we have always talked about policy. we've always talked about those tolls that you need -- tools that you need in terms of making the streets safer and to protecting their rights, and your physical safety. and you're right to collectively bargain. it does not seem appropriate to talk about that in the wake of what happened on friday night.

there is no group of americans to understand, who would have to deal with every day of their life the national tragedy that we are coping with now more than all of you. it is my belief that the audience i am speaking to today understands better than anyone in this country, both agree if the families are feeling, and the courage of those heroes in the movie theater late thursday night. you all been there before. we as a nation have been there before. columbine, virginia tech, fort hood, tucson, september 11. does like before, we refuse to yield refused to give in to our darker side.

pray we will, saying that we must, and yet we week. -- weeweap. -- we weap. >> a 6-year-old girl, like that beautiful young man who has a welcoming sign saying we love you, joe biden. you all know i love kids better than anybody. if i've got a choice, i would rather hang with the kids. only really good thing in the

whole world. but a 6-year-old girl, just learned how to swim. was probably for a week or longer anticipating with such enthusiasm, but no more than they are parents were, that she was going to get to go to see a movie, "batman" at midnight. her 25-year-old mother, who is still in the hospital, fighting for her life, she's pregnant, a bullet in her neck. doctors aren't able to remove it yet. what can we possibly say to her except our heart goes out. a 51-year-old father, who, you as fathers out there know, nothing excites you more than being able to give a thrill to

your children. was taking his teenage sons to this event, this happening. they were probably excited about the premiere for weeks. and the parents, like my wife and like all of you, are thinking, this is something i remember doing with dad when they had kids. what can you say? what can you say to those kids? we pray, we pray for the parents who, at this hour, still, like some of you have done in your careers, are at the bedside, in this case, of their

children, not knowing for certain what the outcome will be. not knowing whether they'll fully recover. we pray, and like too many of the funerals i've attended for law enforcement officers, we weep, but we must sing as well. we must sing of the couragism and heroism that was on display late thursday night. a 19 year-old young man, on his way out of the theater safely, who turned back, not unlike you, toward the gunfire when he heard the screaming of a mother asking for help for her children. an ordinary young man. a young woman sitting in the third row of the theater, who rushed to apply pressure to an injured man's head instead of

rushing to safety. rushing toward the gunman. the 27-year-old boyfriend who as scripture says, no greater gift, who literally threw himself on top of his girlfriend, when the bullets started to fly. trading his life for hers. you've seen it. an air force reservist stationed at buckley air force base if aurora, who went to the show that night with some of his colleagues from the base, who died a hero that night, diving between the gunman and one of his airmen, saving her life.

a 20-year-old and his 17-year- old sister were crawling on the ground when they came upon a man who had been shot in the leg. they dragged him, they dragged him to the lobby until police could assist him. instead of just getting up and running the hell out of here. we sing because these are the people who define who we are as a nation. they are the hymns of our hope. because they remind us of the goodness that sometimes we forget the goodness, the decency, the bravery. my mom used to say and tommy heard me say that bravery lives in every man's heart. and she expected to be summoned some day.

it was summoned and like so many times before, people stepped up. they make us proud of our country and pain, and maybe more importantly at this moment, they make us confident that this country is made of that sterner stuff. and there's reason, reason to be hopeful and confident. i know this is no solace at this moment for the families who are grieving in aurora. for any of you, like me, who have grieved the sudden loss of a loved one. you know at this moment, there's fog but the feeling of a black hole in your chest. you feel like you're being sucked into it.

but i also know that their heroism, their courage, is not lost on the single one of you, for if it were, you couldn't do your job every day the you couldn't get up in the morning, put on that uniform, strap on a side arm and proudly put that shield on, look in the mirror and say good-bye to your wife or your husband. deep down inside knowing because you've experienced it, and maybe that could be your last good-bye. were it not for the fact that you know that there is a hell of a lot more good out there than the evil, that you're sworn to take on.

yeah, you've all seen the price of violence. more than any other group of americans. you've attended too many funerals, many of your own colleagues, your partners but also those whose cold cases you've worked on. you've cradled too many innocents praying that that damn ambulance would get here before they died in your arms. you've had to make that dreaded call, a call that no one wants to receive. sometimes in the middle of the night, sometimes in the middle of the day, knowing your voice would be strange and alien to whoever picked up the phone, and having to say about your husband, about your child.

you've also meant that 19-year- old young man who went back into the theater when he heard the mother screaming, you've met that 17-year-old woman who assisted a complete stranger, that air force reservist, the young lover who gave his life for his love, you know them, you've seen them, they're black, they're white, they're hispanic, they're asian, they're store owners, shopkeepers. they're ordinary people. so i doubt whether you're surprised that the aurora police were on the scene within 90 seconds. that one officer in all the confusion was able to notice, because of his training, something out of place, something out of place and a guy who was walking out quickly

dressed in a s.w.a.t. uniform, something that didn't fit. arresting him, arresting the shooter. you're not surprised by the stories of officers not waiting for the ambulance knowing the difference between what is a life-threatening wound and a wound. literally picking up a theater- goer and putting him in his or her squad car and getting them to the hospital rather than to wait for the ambulance. you know the seconds count. as one witness described the scene that night, the police came running in telling people to run out.

how many times have you run into get people, not having any idea? with any degree of certainty what you were going to run into, but knowing you had to. what is it, what is it that enables you to do that. what is it about you that distinctively has you run in when every fiber in your being has you running out. it's because of you them that americans remain hopeful in the midst of this tragedy. that americans continue to believe that our better angels will ultimately prevail. you know, i've been with you guys figuratively speaking, since i've been a kid.

and i've been with you from the day i got sworn in. you've heard me say it before. god only knows what makes you tick, but thank god you tick the way you do. thank god there are people like you. in this moment of our grief, the entire nation is reminded how grateful we are for what you do and i truly believe, not withstanding all the political chatter we'll hear, i truly believe that the vast majority of the american people are as committed as i am to never letting you down. the tragedy in aurora has reawakened the grief and that sense of loss that anyone who has ever received that phone call feels at the moment.

as i said, that stranger's voice saying i'm calling about your son, your wife, your husband. anybody's received that call knows that nothing good follows from that. you know what the families of aurora will only know in time, that solace is derived from the knowledge that your neighbors understand and appreciate your loss. and feel your pain in the literal sense. you also know as i know, that with the grace of god, although the pain will never vanish, there will come a moment, i promise those who have been hurt, there will come a moment when the memory of your daughter, your son, your husband, will bring a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eyes.

it will come. my only prayer is that it all comes sooner than later, but it will come. let me close by telling you once again what i hope you already know. how much i personally respect you and how much i admire what you do. and how much i pray and i think today all americans pray that god will bless you and protect you as you perform your sacred duties to your community and to your country. i love you guys. thank you very much. [applause]

>> we get reaction from capitol hill. we will hear from colorado congressman and senate leaders harry reid and much mcconnell. -- miche mcconnell. -- mitch mcconnell. [no audio] tragedy extends beyond those who were killed and those who were injured to our

friends, our neighbors, everybody impacted by this senseless act of terror. in my home state. i'd like to thank president obama for joining the families impacted in mourning. i'd like to thank all of those in coloro and across the country who have sent their thoughts, their care, their resources to all of us in colorado in a time of need. this also should serve as an occasion for all of us to acknowledge what special and important in our lives, to celebrate every day we have on this planet, the health of our family, our own health, and our own safety. and hope and pray to god that the tragedy that impacted colorado will not happen again in colorado or anywhere else. i yield back. mr. blumenauer: imagine the

headline, outbreak of serious illness strikes, 12 people killed, 58 hospitalized, just like similar outbreaks, but the federal government prohibits the center for disease control from investigating. or another headline, 70 trapped in a collapsed building, 20 dead or critically injured, and your government makes it illegal for government organizations to collect data to study what can be done to solve it, to minimize this carnage in the future. people would be justifiably outraged. they expect government to protect them and help understand the nature of threats in the workplace, the marketplace, or in our homes. at some level we want to know about why cars malfunction or there are patterns of disease, illness, injury, or mechanical

failure. that is what our government is supposed to do. if food safety, mine safety, or t.s.a. fails, there would be calls for accountability. sadly that's not what is happening as the nation recoils in anguish at another outbreak of gun violence. the 70 killed or wounded are the latest in a pattern that happens repeatedly, predictably, with overall loss of life being in the tens of thousands over the years. what is as appalling as the loss of life is the fact that we not only refuse to do anything about it, but we allow political bullies to intimidate us from even researching the facts. now, there's never been a threat in this country that sportsmen will not be able to hunt or target shoot. that false specter raised by the gun lobby so successfully that dade there is virtually no gun protection. but that doesn't stop the

number one gun advocacy group, the national rifle association, from making things up, creating phony threats to gun ownership. they are attacking the obama administration which has done essentially nothing in this field. since they know that congress would reject even the most reasonable proposal. it has been impossible, for example, to even -- to close the gun show loophole where people can get unlimited amounts of guns without a reasonable background check. the n.r.a. is at work to make sure people on the no-fly list because they are threats to national security can purchase guns. that data cannot be shared between a.t.f. and homeland security dealing with potential terrorists. the n.r.a. argues that all we need is for existing gun laws to be enforced while they systematically set about to

dismantle which laws we have and then defund even feeble government enforcement efforts. anyone looks at the background of the recent so-called fast and furious controversy finds that in part the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms is dysfunctional because it's constantly under assault by the n.r.a. for its most modest steps and most minimal budgets. we cannot even study gun violence, patterns, causes, and potential solutions. i didn't know anybody in aurora, this most recent tragic, senseless rampage touches home for me. as i was growing up, a young man in a family i was close to was killed by an act of random gun violence. as i followed the issues over the years, i continue to feel there is no reason to permit armor piercing, cop-killer bullets to be sold like

ticktacks -- particular tacks -- tic-tacs. that bullets should be sold over-the-counter like the one in colorado had facilitates such breeds. they serve no purpose. i find it appalling that we as citizens have enabled congress to act in a spineless fashion to be taken over in the area of gun safety by the n.r.a. that we refuse to deal with something that has serious law enforcement implications so that we are alone in the developed world at most at risk for random gun violence. any time there's a mass killing spree, i hope against hope for a more enlightened reaction. perhaps the gun owners themselves, the majority of whom disagree with the n.r.a., extreme positions, will join with politicians, business, the health community to come

together to deal with a epidemic of gun violence in a way we would treat any other threat to the safety of our families and our communities. we would study, we would work on solutions together, and we would act. sadly, we are mr. reid: mr. president, this afternoon the senate pauses to remember those killed in last week's horrifishooting in colorado. among dead was 26-year-old jonathan blunc, a graduate of hud high school in reno, nevada. a navy veteran, father of two. my heart goes out to his loved ones, to all the victims and their families as they struggle to make sense of the senselessness. how can you make sense of something that's so senseless, mr. president? we may never know the motivations behind this terrie crime or understand why anyone

would target so many innocent people. friday's events were a reminder that nothing in this world is certain and that life is precious and short. today we pause to mourn the dead but also honor how they lived. we pledge our support to the people of aurora, colorado, both as they grieve and as they begin to heal from this terrible tragedy. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: we've all been sifting through the events of last friday and i think it's entirely appropriate for the senate to take a moment today to acknowledge, as we just did, the victims of this nightmarish rampage, their families, and the wider community of aurora.

in the life of a nation, some aside our normal routines and preoccupations, step back, reflect on our own motivations and priorities and think about the kind of lives we all aspire to live. this is certainly one of those times. and as is almost alwayshe case in moments like this, the horror has been tempered somewhat by the acts of heroism and self-sacrifice that took place in the midst of the violence. i read one report that said three different young men sacrificed their own lives in protecting the young women they were with. and we know that the first responders and nurses and doctors saved lives, too. including the life of an unborn child.

i think all of us were moved over the weekend by the stories we've heard about the victims themselves. it's hard not to be struck by how young most of them were, of how many dreams were extinguished so quickly and mercilessly. but we were also moved by the outpouring of compassion that followed and by the refusal of the people of aurora to allow the monster who committed this crime to eclipse the memory of the people he killed. president obama, governor hickenlouper and the religious leaders in and around aurora are to be commended for the effort they put in for consoling the victims and the broader community. i think the best thing the rest

of us can do right now is to show our respect for those who have been affected by this terrible and senseless crime and to continue to pray for the injured, that they recover fully from their injuries. there are few things more common in america than going out to a movie with friends, which is why the first response mos of us had to the shootings in on aurora was to think, it could have been any of us. it's the randomness of a crime like this that makes it impossible to understand and so hard to accept. but as the scripture says, the rain falls on the just and the unjust. so we accept that some things we just can't explain. evil is one of them. and we take comfort in the fact that while tragedy and loss

persist, so does the goodness and generosity of so many. and now i'd like to join governor hickenlouper in honoring the victims by reciting their names. er havveronica moser sullivan. gordon cowden. matthew mcquinn. alex sullivan. makayla mideke. john larimer. jesse childress. alexande boyd. jonathan blunc. rebecca ann wingo. alexander tevis.

jessica golly. we, too, will remember. >> live coverage at 10:00 on c- span3. a hearing on the cable television act that passed congress in 1992. the " lock -- executive testified before the senate commerce committee. live at 2:30 eastern. >> if you disagree on the law, up without taking it

personally, and without having the person on the other side, you ought to find another job. >> he reflects on over 25 years on the bench and interpreting legal documents. >> the international aids conference is being held in the nation's capital this week. the will hear from the head of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. later, remarks from secretary of state clinton.

>> its is a privilege and honor to introduce the first speaker of the aids 2012 conference back in washington, d.c., after 25 years. [applause] only one person could give this very first talk. the person with a real vision of science and what science can do. the reason why i am delighted to introduce this person --

[applause] he is the director of the national institute of infectious disease since 1984. he has overseen in order to prevent and treating infectious diseases. he is the chief of the laboratory, where he has made numerous discoveries related to hiv aids and he is one of the most renowned scientist in the field.

the national medal of science and the presidential medal of freedom. ladies and gentlemen, i am pleased to call him -- [applause] >> thank you very much for that kind introduction. i want to thank the organizers for giving me the opportunity to kickoff the scientific components of this international symposium and to take the scene

that was developed last night with great enthusiasm and to discuss with you over my time allotment why we now have the scientific basis to be able to even consider the feasibility and the reality of an hiv aids- free generation. i want to start to little background. i love math. i love the refreshing and green of the planes. i love the mountains. , they've look at maps taken on a different complexion. the dreaded differential shadings indicating different regions of the world with 34 million people living with hiv aids. if you look at the upper left-

hand corner, you see did united states. focus and you see washington, d.c.. there are a couple of issues with washington. we all welcome you here, but it was 25 years ago that the international aids conference was in washington. i had the privilege and the opportunity to participate in every one of the 19th conferences of the international aids society. i want to -- when you talk about what we share globally. i like maps. this is a google map of washington, d.c., and this is where you are sitting. the dreaded shadings because in washington, d.c., we have a prevalence that equals some of pfar nations.

it is the best of times and worst of times. as you heard from the mayor last night, washington, d.c., has implemented an aggressive and innovative program to of a major impact. let's skip the gist of what i want to develop with you over the next several minutes. we want to get to the end of aids. that will only occurith some fundamental foundations. these foundations are the basic and clinical research which will give us the tools, which would lead to interventions, and ultimately lead to -- need to be implemented. together with the studies about how best to implement them.

the basic and clinical research, we have had a stunning amount of advances in the arena of basic and clinical science. i did not have time to go through each and every one of them with you, some as breakthroughs such as the initial identification of the virus. the demonstration that -- the intensive, that was a break through, the incremental science each year learning more and more about the hiv virus itself as well as the pathogenic mechanism. this is the confusing slide. about 30 years of increment to research. what we know now, a lot about this virus, the primary

infection, at the establishment of infection, partial, but never complete control. it's elevated -- accelerated virus replication. terry important of that process. -- very important of that process understanding the early evidence of hiv. there is a vulnerability of the host and vulnerability of the virus and understanding that is extraordinarily important to both transmission and development. public the most important of the accumulation of scientific advances is understanding the hiv replication each of that

year after year has given us targets of vulnerability on the part of the virus. it is that kind of base scions which brings us to the next step. that is the step of intervention. let's start with treatment. a picture of meat and some of the students in the very early 1980's we were frustrated clinically, but beginning to make headway. i refer to these as the dark years of the medical career. what kept us going forward, even though we were much in the dark, was realizing what people were going through in the community.

what was going on in the castro in san francisco. or in greenwich village. things began to happen. if you look at the evolution of treatment strategies, the first drug in 1987, a glimmer of hope. the virus goes down very little, does not stay down. years go by, to drugs. the transforming -- in vancouver in 1996. it brings down the virus, stays there indefinitely, and we have a new dawn of therapeutic with hiv aids that has transformed the lives of individuals.

the results have been spectacular. this is a steady from holland. back in the dark years of my experience, the media -- the median survival was 6-8 months. if a person walked into our clinic, recently infected, you put them on combination therapy and you can look them in the i and tell them they will lift an additional 50 years. this is not only confined --

[applause] just to the developed world. we know in countries that the similar results have normal life expectancy. that is the goodness. this is a very scary slide. if you look at the united states, 1.1 million people infected, a 20% to not know they are infected, 60% are linked to care. we must do better than that. we have the tools. it can be all around. you can take examples from the developing world. what we need to do is having a care continuo -- continuing.

making sure they at year. dating back to the district of columbia, there is a steady ongoing now with six cities, two of which are implemented cities, the south bronx and washington, d.c., where we are starting to see that this can occur if you put the effort and. i am sure you'll be hearing more about that later. it does not only happen in the developed world. take a look at what is going on in rwanda. you have a community-based program, a two-year retention, tested at two years, suppressed viral loads. similar results in botswana. extending the intervention. combination hiv prevention, the

message is prevention is not unique. there is a combination of comprehension on lower-level of these building blocks part interventions that are not necessarily biologically driven. we were implementing the -- them before we knew there was a virus. prevention of mother to child transmission. the break to study of 2007 indicating that by treating the mother, you can treat decrease dramatically. now we treat mothers for their disease and secondarily. the baby is born on infected and can be breast fed. in the united states, this has transformed what you see on these red bars, the estimated number of hiv infected patients.

in this city, there has not been a child born with hiv since 2009. [laughter] we still have the challenge. there are 330 new infections in 2011 alone. what about -- the initial trials in south africa, kenya, uganda show that in the confines of the trial, it works. will work in the field? as a matter of fact, this is one of the few prevention interventions that actually gets better with time. the initial results or 55-60%.

the effectiveness in the community is 73%. been biological intervention works, but they do not work if you do not endear. that tells me why we have to marry biological with behavioral. there is no doubt about that. [applause] we know that from the study which showed that -- it was almost discontinued due to futility. the same thing happened to --

ever very pleased that an approach of a monthly use -- which will hopefully bring us a greater degree of -- to show that the efficacy can equal effectiveness. udy -- thererough stead are some studies that show it does not work. it does not work -- the concept that biological at the -- efficacy will not be effective without adherence. the most to gain changing advance over the last couple of years -- reduced by 96% the

likelihood that someone will transmit to their uninfected partner if you treat early, a great argument for putting people on treatment. before i go one to the implementation, i want to mention that i am telling you a lot of big business. we have challenges in the reason of cure. what about the development of a vaccine? if ever able to plug in a vaccine block, up we would have a carry robust combination prevention package, even if it was not a perfect vaccine. even if it was not 90% or 80%, we can do. you are all familiar with the 144 trials. it is a humbling child because it showed a modest degree of

activist -- efficacy. something that the classic paradigm would not have predicted. the neutralizing antibody approach is also very important. given the scientific clues to identify the envelope. you will see a parallel research going on. you will see structure based design for a vaccine at the same time the provision of neutralizing antibodies by transfer or by jean based. we need to show if neutralizing

anybody -- what about a cure? they sponsored an extraordinary symposium. either eradication or a functional fewer. -- cure. i want to make sure that people in this -- i know people in this room understand, but others don't. this is a way upstream on the fundamental basic discovery level. so that you can put an end to the hiv pandemic. you can carry a few people without putting an end to an hiv pandemic. let's go want to implementation.

with they listen that lament for what we have been able to discuss over the last day or so. this extraordinary a fact of the global fund, a philanthropy, clinton foundation. recently, the assumption by countries of their own responsibility. this has been very important. i want to take a look at this. what happens when you take efficacious clinical trials and scientific observations and he tried to scale it up regionally or locally to see. there are many examples. i will give you a few. what about the positive impact? take a look at the red dots, which is the percentage of mothers who are being treated? take a look at the diminishing

blue bars, the number of children who were born with hiv? it works. if you treat people, do you really save their lives? we have 8 million people -- 80 under 40,000 -- asked the question. what about the positive impact of therapy on the hiv incidence? cool place for you have 30% coverage and another section where there is 10% coverage. there is a 30% lower risk in acquiring hiv -- what about the impact of that decision?

if you were looking to study, if you take non-muslim districts, and to increase the circumcision, up to 35%, he will have a 42% decrease in acquisition of infection. what about art and tv? b? it has the right current rate and reduces mortality by up to 90%. you'll hear a lot of models over the next few days. models can be complex and confusing depending on what the assumptions are.

i want to talk to you about a very uncomplicated as operational model. remove the incidence is going down from 2.72 0.5. notice in the lower right, i do not have a date there because we cannot talk about dates. the decline is not enough. when you talk about -- this is what we hope for. that we would see a major reflection of that curve -- this is what we hope to see. no promises, no dates, but we know it can happen. if you go back to what i been saying about the science, to

date in july of 2012, the statement that we do not have the scientific basis to implement it is no longer valid. we do. that is the point. [applause] the critical question is, what is going to happen before it -- this will not happen spontaneously. what it will require our -- that secretary clinton spoke about when to introduce the possibility in november of 2011. a lot of countries, a lot of regions have a lot to do. increase commitments, get rid of what does not work, concentrate on what does work. removed the legal and political

stigma barriers. only then will this occur. [applause] let's get back to this dreaded map. i have had the opportunity to present at every one of the 19 meetings. this is a map that i -- what i hope for over the coming meetings is to be able to show a math that -- a map that goes like this and this and this until finally we can say, we are the generation that open the doors to our scientific endeavors and their implementation. thank you. [applause]

>> introducing our second speaker. please welcome evan johnson. [applause] >> good morning. i am so pleased to welcome you back and to congratulate the exceptional leadership of president obama for lifting the travel ban. [applause] as a black woman, residing in

washington, d.c., black women are the center of vulnerability, it is a pleasure to welcome you back to be a voice and for this to be a call the action. [applause] is my pleasure to introduce from the u.s. phil wilson. he is the president and ceo of the black aids institute, the only national hiv aids think tank in the united states focus exclusively on ending the aids pandemic in the black community by mobilizing black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront hiv by public and private sector policies, training, technical assistance.

wilson previously served as the aids coordinator for the city of los angeles as the director of policy and planning, and as the co-chair of the los angeles code commission. he has been involved in muriatic of agencies from their inception across the united states. they include the national black lesbian and gay it leadership forum, the national task force on aids, the aids healthcare foundation, the national minority aids council, the los angeles county gay men's public consortium, and also worked very extensively across eastern and western europe, africa, india,

and mexico. in 2001, he was named as the leadership for change the world recipient. in 2004, he received discovery help medical honor. he has been named as the 2005 black history makers in the making by black entertainment television. he has published several articles. please welcome him to the state. thank you. [applause] >> i am honored and humbled to have been asked to share my thoughts the this morning. i am also a little and to manage to have to follow tony, one of

the greatest heroes in this movement. i am thinking about a rock and a hard place right now. [laughter] welcome back to our house. [applause] 22 years is long time and we missed you. welcome to the first international aids conference where we know that weekend and aids. 30 volunteers after this disease was -- that we can end aids.

we finally have the right combination and tools to stop the epidemic. david only had to a sling shot and he killed goliath. our tools are not perfect, but they're good enough to get the job done if we use them efficiently, effectively, expeditiously. that is what i want to talk to about this morning. i am an openly gay man who was then living with hiv for 32 years. [applause] treatment may be prevention, but i proved that treatment is treatment.

over 60% are men you have sex with men, i understand why the organizers would invite someone like me to give this talk. i am black, i am gay, i am hiv- positive, and according to a r.p. -- aarp, i checked off the senior box as well. it is not lost on me all the things i am not. i am not a one-man, the transgendered person. i am not asian-pacific islander, native american, white, or an immigrant. i do not speak spanish or vietnamese. i am not a sex worker, homeless, or the victim of domestic violence. i have never even been to

encourage or bismarck. -- anchorage alaska, or bismarck. the united states spans nine time zones. it has a population of over 300 million people speaking 311 languages. 14 million american households, english is not the primary language. you might think the united states -- we have great universities, and we're wealthy. even so, many of our residents live in the to allocating poverty.

with unacceptable levels of homelessness, addiction, mental health. we have large numbers of people with hiv and suffer from other diseases such as hepatitis c and are marginalized and stigmatized. we not only have the largest epidemic in the developed world, we have one of the most complicated epidemics in the entire world. we face gigantic challenges, challenges that demand that we rely on lessons learned. challenges that often -- that can be applied over the globe. our prevention efforts have been stalled for least the last 15 years. are epidemic is 75% male and 25%

female. 43% black, 34% white, 19% latino. 44% of the epidemic lives in 12 cities. the new infections are rapidly rising. especially the south. the u.s. epidemic is primarily a concentrated epidemic. in certain populations, we have generalized epidemics. with the background hiv prevalence of 3%, the aids epidemic in washington, d.c., is a generalized plan. it is one that is worse than the

aids epidemic and haiti. -- in haiti. an elevated risk for hiv infections regardless of age. the odds of black will become infected increases from -- think about that for a minute. by the time a black gay man reaches 40 years old, nearly 60% of them will be hiv-positive. the aids epidemic in america is a tale of two cities. it is the best of times and the

worst of times. we have a system that can work very well for some of us. for many of us, the system is terribly broken. the other day, i was talking to my friend, the president and ceo of an aids foundation in chicago. he worked six and seven days a week as a busboy and dishwasher at two restaurants. he paid taxes and obey the law. he loved to dress in drag. don't we all? [laughter] in 1995, at the age of 25, he died of aids-related complications. his friends pull together resources to bury him.

what follows next shocked everyone who knew him. his name -- he lived the most secretive life of all. his sister, who traveled from mexico to collect his remains, learned only after his death that her brother was gay and had dates. his deception helped him access health care that he otherwise could not afford. denied him a chance to live and die with dignity. he was 17 years old when he found out that he was hiv- positive. it only took one mistake for the virus to become a personal reality. his father, once he found out that his son had hiv, reacted by

going into the bathroom and closing the door. lawrence eventually founded job working -- his job did not offer insurance and did not pay enough for them to pay for its own treatment. he was forced to choose between working or stain on medication. what kind of choice is that? they are not isolated examples. this next model, estimates how many people with hiv are engaged in the various steps in the continuum of care from diagnosis. about 80% of hiv-positive people in the united states and know their staffts.

once they get people on the virus, or around 71% get the suppression. we can do better. the real problem is in this middle section. we do a terrible job of losing -- between testing positive and killing on virals, these are people with whom we have some kind of contact. barely a quarter of the people with hiv are in fully effective treatment. morgan 70% are not on treatment -- more than 70% are not on treatment. it is bad for them and it is bad for everybody else. they're much more likely to spread the virus.

we have to change that. luckily, there are people and programs showing us how. right here in this city, the community education group, a small not-for-profit organization offers hiv tests and a whole lot more. 95% are linked or confirm to be receiving hiv care with services. [applause] rather than giving individuals the paper referral, they provided client an immediate personal escort. if needed, financial incentives

to go to a medical provider. they use new technology to conduct risk assessment. they also provide patient follow ups, such as text message reminders and indications of when the have appointments. something else happens to your washington, d.c., it is called affordable care act. better known as obamacare. [applause] because of this law, no insurance company can deny coverage because you have a pre- existing condition. drop the big push to get sick. people with -- dropping because you get sick.

leadership matters. two years ago, president obama released the first ever hiv aids strategy in the united states. according to the strategy, the united states would become a place where new hiv infections are rare. when they do occur, every person, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, would have unfettered access to high- quality, life extending care, free from stigma and discrimination. [applause] together, we can manifest that vision if we do the following things. we must fully implement the affordable care act.

single childless adults, a critical failure, under the affordable care act, everyone will have on means to pay for life-saving treatment. [applause] this piece of legislation has generated a lot of opposition and misinformation. aids activists must be on the forefront of opposing any effort to roll back reforms on the affordability care act. [applause] we need to ensure that it includes an annual physical for everyone, an hiv test at every

physical, twice a year for people would be -- for people living with hiv, and comprehensive coverage for treatment and prevention. [applause] everyone living with hiv must come out. we all must come out. living openly, confronts the stigma, but it also helps to build demand. openly hiv-positive people serve as compelling reminders of the importance of knowing one's status. it is possible to live a full and healthy life with hiv and

that is important. when you come out about your status, you not only save your life, but you save all their lives as well. -- other lives as well. my family is here in this room as well. and my brother, my dad, my mom. when i was 24, i gave my mother a book called "loving someone gay." you love me. and i was right. i have the love and support a family and friends. [applause] they could not support me if

fight denied them the chance to truly know mean. not just some one-dimensional avatar of me, but all of me. the story of reliance are largely untold and then noticed. we want our families to love us and to support us. they cannot love us if they do not know us. they cannot know us if we continue to hide from them. [applause] i am not naive. i know it is too dangerous for some of us to come out right now. we need to put as much emphasis on building demand for treatment as we do on insuring access. our health care system has long been a source of shame.

the united states is the only industrialized country that does not guarantee health coverage for its citizens. but the rate combination of programs, we have built a robust system of care. only about one in four people with hiv aren't now receiving the care they need and deserve. if we demand it comment they will cough -- have to build it. health services are not meaningful unless they are used. too many people are intimidated by the medical system. too many people believe that hiv treatment requires a fistful of pills every day. when the army -- we need an army of navigators'. we need to integrate the

biomedical and the behavioral some people continue to resist the so-called medicalization of aids. new perspective is correct. they're more powerful than anything we've ever had in her to built before. -- in our tool belt before. they will need to connect with actual people. those who deliver them and those who use them. if people are frustrated by complexity of medical delivery service system. thehey didn't understand prescribed regiment, or if there

providers are judgmental and displayed they didn't understand what our lives are like, over the course of this epidemic, we've learned a lot about how to influence human behavior. we need to apply these lessons as we put our new biomedical tools into practice. the crucial point here is that it is not an eager for, but a both an end. the biomedical model only works when education, counseling, adherence and support are all there. the whole history of the epidemic has shown us that while education and behavior, intervention are necessary, they're absolutely not sufficient. if they were, the epidemic would be over already. it is the addition of biomedical intervention that lee says to the -- that can lead us to the

progress of ending aids. finally, aids organizations need to retool themselves too rapidly it revolving landscape. communities will always be made centro. most of our community based organizations. few have meaningful scientific expertise and few deliver health care services. the biomedical tools are a critical response -- a critical part of our aids response. many organizations risk becoming irrelevant. fortunately, some visionaries organizations have already begun to retool. carlin united, for example, has actively worked -- harlem

united, for example has really worked to adopt medicare reform. it began as a small organization. today, it is a qualified help system with 3000 patients. it connects the dots between the medical care and social services. he is an educator for a social service organization. they are three examples of what the effective aids service organizations must look like if we're going to end the epidemic.

i have a recurring dream. what did you do when millions of people were dying from aids? bile is wake up before -- i always wake up when there -- before there is a chance to answer. i'm afraid the answer will be, not enough. i work for a tiny organization. for all i know, this week, which are 30 black student advocates, we're going to squeeze every drop of information out of this meeting. [applause] my worst nightmare is that we will squander this historic opportunity. the day will come when this epidemic will be over. when it does, it is in plan for

them to know that we ran not all cowards. that some of us dared to care in the face of this. some of us dared to fight because of this. some of us dared to love in spite of this. it is in the caring and fighting and loathing that we live for ever. this is our time, at this is our defining moment. together, we are greater than aids. [applause] held in washington this week. >> ask.

>> lease welcome executive director of unh. >> [applause] >> for the opening ceremony challenge you all to dream big dreams, to be bold. to think of opportunity we have to end this epidemic. to be able to say ten or 20 years from now that our generation took this over the finish line, our generation

made the decision to finally end aids, launching a legacy for all of us. this morning, i'm honored to be given -- humbled to be given the honor to introduce a great leader who already is term or aspirations into reality. she is part of our american dream team for hiv. >> [applause] >> president obama, secretary clinton, secretary sebelius and my brothers and friends, secretary clinton is a person of vision. grace. and intellect.

the leadership of so many people, from people in other countries to heads of state. she was such a global leader to use foreign policy as a tool to promote global health, for example, appointing america's first ambassador at large for global women's issues. she was the first to leader to speak out about the tragic impact of violence against women. and last, she was the first global leader to call for an aids-free generation.

she reminds us all to imagine a world where all babies are born free from hiv, where everyone that needs access to treatment, where the rights of women and children are protected and promoted. >> [applause] >> where all people, especially those most affected by the epidemic, have no fear or stigma or discrimination. she understands that if we turn the tide against hiv now, it will produce improvement across health and governments around the world. it will -- introducing one of the most inspiring leaders but also, as one of its most

effective and committed visionaries for change. >> [applause] >> at a moment when she has so many other obligations from syria to afghanistan, this is a powerful testimony of heart and sincerity. and despite her global comilments she has always found time to be a caring mother of her impressive daughter. it is my tremendous pleasure and honor to introduce, the secretary of state of the united states of america, hellery rodham clinton. >> -- hillary rodham clinton.

>> good morning! good morning, and -- >> [chanting] >> hillary! hillary! >> now, what would an aids conference be without a little protesting!

we understand that. >> [cheering] >> part of the reason we've come as far as we have is because so many people all over the world have not been satisfied that we have done enough. and i am here to set a goal for a generation that is free of aids. >> [applause] >> [cheering] >> but first, let me say five words we have not been able to say for too long. welcome to the united states! >> [applause] >> we are so pleased to have

you all finally back here, and i want to thank the leaders of the many countries who have joined us, i want to acknowledge my colleagues from the administration, of the congress, who have contributed so much to the fight against aids. but mostly, i want to salute all of the people who are here today who do the hard work that has given us the chance to stand here in 2012 and actually imagine a time when we will no longer be afflicted by this terrible epidemic and the great cost and suffering it has imposed for far too long. >> [applause] >> on behalf all of

americans, we thank you. but i want to take a step back and think how far we have come since the last time this conference was held in the united states. it was in 1990, in san francisco, dr. eric guzbee, who's now our global aids ambassador, ran a triage center from for all the hiv positive people who became sick during the conference. they set up i.v. drug drips to rehydrate patients, they gave antibiotics to people who aids-related pneumonia, many had to be hospitalized and a few died. even at a time when the world's response to the

epidemic was sorely lacking, there were places and people of caring, where people with aids found support. but tragically, there was so little that could be done medically. and thankfully, that has changed. caring brought action, and action has made an impact. the ability to prevent and treat the disease has advance dollars beyond what many might have reasonablably hoped 22 years ago. yes, aids is still incurable. but it no longer has to be a death sentence. that is a tribute to the work of countless people around the world, many of whom are

here at this conference, others who are no longer with us but whose contributions live on. and for decades, the united states has played a key role. starting in the 1990s under the clinton administration, we began slowly to make hiv treatment drugs more affordable, we began to face the epidemic in our own country. then in 2003 president bunch launched pepfar with strong bipartisan support from congress and this country began treating millions of people. today under president obama we are building on this legacy. pepfar is shifting out of emergency mode and starting to build sustainable health systems that will help us finally win this fight. and deliver an aids-free

generation. it's hard to overstate how sweeping or craicial this -- crucial this change is. when president obama took office we knew that when we were going to win the fight against aids we could not keep treating it as an emergency. ehad to fundamentally change the way we and our global partners did business. so we've engaged diplomatically with ministers of finance and health, but also, with presidents and prime ministers, to listen and learn about their priorities and needs in order to chart the best way forward together. now, i will admit, that has required difficult conversations about issues that some leaders don't want to face. like government corruption,

and the procurement and delivery of drugs. or dealing with injecting drug users. but it has been an essential part of helping more countries manage more of their own response to the epidemic. we've also focused on supporting high impact interventions, making tough decisions driven by science about what we will and will not fund, and we are delivering more results for the american taxpayers' dollar by taking simple steps, switching to generic drugs which saved more than three # on million dollars in 2010 alone. -- and crucially, we have vastly improved our coordination with the global fund, where we used to work

independently of each other, we now sit down together, to decide, for example, which of us will funds aids treatments somewhere and which will fund the delivery of that treatment. that is a new way of working together for both of us. but i think it holds great results for all of us. all of these strategic shifts have required a lot of heavy lifting but it only matters in the end if it means if we are saving more lives, and we are. since 2009, we have more than doubled the number of people who get treatment that keeps them alive. we are also reaching far more people with prevention, testing, and counseling. and i want publicly to thank,

first and foremost, dr. eric guzbee who has been on the front lines of all this work since the 1980s, in san francisco. >> [applause] >> he is somewhere in this vast hall, cringing with embarrassment, but more than anyone else, he had a vision for what pepfar needed to become and the tenacity to keep working to make it happen. and i want to thank his extraordinary partners here in this administration, dr. tom frieden at the centers for disease control and dr. raj shah at usaig. >> [applause] >> now with the progress we are making together, we can look ahead to an historic goal. creating an aids-free generation. this is part of president obama's call to make fighting

global hiv-aids at home and abroad a priority for this administration. in july 2010, he launched the first comprehensive national hiv-aids strategy which has reinvigorated the domestic response to the epidemic, especially important lower in washington, d.c., which needs more attention, more resources, and smarter strategies to deal with the epidemic in our nation's capitol, and last november, at the national institutes of health, with my friend dr. tony fauche there, i spoke in depth about the goal of an aids-free generation and laid out some of the ways we are advancing it through pepfar, usaig and the cdc, and on world aids day, president obama announced an ambitious commitment to the united states to reach

6 million people globally with life saving treatment. >> [applause] now, since is that time -- since that time, i've heard a few voices from people raising questions about america's commitment to an aids-free generation. wondering whether we are really serious about achieving it. well, i am here today to make it absolutely clear. the united states is committed and will remain committed to achieving an aids-free generation. we will not back off. we will not back down. we will fight for the resourceses in to achieve this historic milestone. >> [applause] >> i know that many of you

share my passion about achieving this goal. in fact, one could say i am preaching to the choir. but right now, i think we need a little preaching to the choir. and we need the choir and the congregation to keep singing, lifting up their voices and spreading the message to everyone who is still standing outside. so while i want to reaffirm my government's commitment, i'm also here to boost yours. this is a fight we can win. we have already come so far. too far to stop now. i want to describe some of the progress we've made toward that goal and some of the work that lies ahead. let me begin by defining what we mean by an aids-free generation. it is a time when, first of all, virtually no child

anywhere will be born with the virus. >> [applause] >> secondly, as children and teenagers become adults, they will be at significantly lower risk of ever becoming infected than they would be today, no matter where they are living. >> [applause] >> and third, if someone does acquire hiv, they will have access to treatment that helps preventm from developing aids and passing the virus on to others. so yes, hiv may be with us into the future until we finally achieve a cure, a vaccine, but the disease that

hiv causes need not be with us. >> [applause] >> as of last fall, every agency in the united states government involved in this effort is working together to get us on that path to an aids-free generation. we're focusing on what we call combination prevention. our strategy includes condoms, counseling, and testing, and places special emphasis on three other interventions: treatment as prevention, voluntary medical male circumcision, and stop be the transmission of hiv from mothers to children. since november,by have -- since november, we have elevated combination prevention in all our

hiv-aids work, including right here in washington which still has the highest hiv rate of any large city in our country, and globally, we have supported our partner countries shifting their investments towards the specific mix of prevention tools that will have the greatest impact for their people. for example, haiti is scaling up its efforts to prevent mother to child transmission, including full treatment for mothers with hiv, which will in turn, of course, prevent new infections. and for the first time, the haitian ministry of health is committing its own funding to provide antiretro viral treatment. >> [applause] >> we're also making notable progress on the three pillars of our combination prevention

strategy, on treatment as prevention, the united states has added funding for nearly 600,000 more people since september. which means we are reaching nearly 4 1/2 million people now, and closing in on our national goal of 6 million by the end of next year. that is our contribution to the global effort to reach universal coverage. on male circumcision, we have supported more than 400,000 procedures since last december alone. and i'm pleased to announce that pepfar will provide an additional $40 million to support south africa's plans to provide voluntary medical circumcision for almost a half a million of boys and men this coming year. .

we welcome, and we are also seeing the development of new tools that would allow people to perform the procedure with less training and equipment th they need today without compromising safety, and when such a device is approved by the world health organization, pepfar is ready to support it right away.

[applause] and on mother-to-child transmission, we are committed to eliminating it by 2015, getting the number to zero. over the years, we have invested more than $1 billion for this effort. in the first half of this fiscal year, we've reached more than 370,000 women globally, and we are on track to hit pepfar's target of reaching an additional 1.5 million women by next year. there also setting out to overcome one of the biggest hurdles in getting to zero. when women are identified as hiv-positive and eligible for

treatment, they are often referred to another clinic, one that may be too far away for them to reach. as a result, too many women never start treatment. today, i am announcing that the united states will invest an additional $80 million to fill this gap. these funds -- [applause] these funds will support innovative approaches to ensure that hiv-positive pregnant women get the treatment they need to protect themselves, their babies, and their partner. the united states is accelerating its work on all three of these fronts in the effort to create an aids-free generation. and look at how all these elements have come together to

make a historic impact. in zambia, we are supporting the government as they step up their efforts to prevent mother- to-child transmission. between 2009 and 2011, the number of new infections went down by more than half, and we're just getting started. together we are going to keep up our momentum on mother-to-child transmission. we will help many more zambians get on treatment and support a massive scale-up of male circumcision as well, steps which will drive down the number of new sexually- transmitted infections by more than 25% over the next five years. as the number of new infections in zambia goes down, it will be possible to treat more people than are becoming infected each

year. so for the first time we will get ahead of the pandemic there, and an aids-free generation of zambians will be in sight. think of all the people who will never be impacted by this disease, and then multiplying it across the many other countries we're working with. in fact, if you are not getting excited about this, please raise your hand and i will send somebody to check your pulse. [applause] [laughter] but i know treating an aids- free generation takes more than the right tools, as important than they are.

ultimately, it is about people, the people who have the most to contribute to this goal and the most to gain from it. that means embracing the central role that communities play, especially people living with hiv and the critical work of the faith-based organizations. we need to make sure we are looking out for orphans and vulnerable children who are too often overlooked in this epidemic. [applause] and it will be no surprise to you to hear me say i want to highlight the particular role that the women play. [cheers] and sub-saharan africa today, women account for 60% of those living with hiv. women want to protect

themselves from hiv, and they want access to adequate health care, and we need to answer their call. pepfar is part of our comprehensive effort to meet the health needs of women and girls, working across the united states government, and with our partners on hiv, maternal and child health, and reproductive health, including voluntary family planning and our newly launched child survival call to action. every woman should be able to decide when and whether to have children. this is true whether she is hiv- positive or not. [applause] and i agree with the strong message that came out of the london summit earlier this month -- there should be no

controversy about this, none at all. and across all of our health and development work, the united states is emphasizing gender equality, because women need and deserve a voice in the decisions that affect their lives. [applause] and we are working to prevent and respond to gender-based violence, which puts women at higher risk for contracting the virus, and because women need more ways to protect themselves from hiv infection. last year we invested more than $90 million in research on microbicides. these efforts will close the

health gap between women and men. if we're going to create an aids-free generation, we also must address the needs of the people who are at the highest risk of contracting hiv. one recent study of female sex workers and those who traffic in prostitution in low- and middle-income countries found on average 12% of them were hiv-positive, far above the rates for women at large. and people who use injecting drugs account for about 1/3 of all the people who acquire hiv outside of sub-saharan africa. and in low- and middle-income countries, studies suggest that hiv prevalence among men who have sex with male partners could be up to 19 times higher than among the general

population. now, over the years, i have seen and experienced how difficult it can be to talk about a disease that is transmitted the way that aids is. but if we are going to beat aids, we cannot afford to avoid sensitive conversations, and we cannot fail to reach the people who are at the highest risk. [applause] unfortunately, today, very few countries monitor the quality of services delivered to these high-risk key populations. fewer still rigorously assess whether the services provided actually prevent transmission or do anything to ensure that

hiv-positive people in these groups get the care and treatment they need. even worse, some take actions that rather than discouraging risky behaviors actually drives more people into the shadows where the epidemic is that much harder to fight. and the consequences are devastating, for the people themselves and for the fight against hiv. because when key groups are marginalize, the virus spreads rapidly within those groups, and then also into the lower- risk general population. we are seeing this happen right now in eastern europe and southeast asia. humans might discriminate, but viruses do not. and there is an old saying that goes, why rob the bank? because that is where the money

is. if we want to save more lives, we need to go where the virus is and get there as quickly as possible. [applause] and that means science should guide our efforts. today i am announcing three new efforts by the united states government to reach key populations. we will invest $15 million in implementation research to identify specific interventions that are most effective for each key population. we're also launching a $20 million challenge fund that will support country-led plans to expand services for key populations. and finally through a civil society that works, we will invest $2 million to bolster the efforts of civil society groups to reach key populations.

[applause] americans are rightly proud of the leading role that our country plays in the fight against hiv-aids. and the world has learned a great deal through pepfar about what works and why, and we have learned about the needs that are not being met and how everyone can and must work together to meet those needs. for our part, pepfar will remain at the center of americans' commitment to an aids-free generation. i have asked the ambassador to take the lead in sharing our blueprint for the goals and objectives for the next phase of our effort and to release this blueprint by world aids day. what all of our partners here at home and around the home want

to have a clearer picture of everything we have learned and a road map that shows what we will contribute to achieving an aids-free generation. reaching this goal is a shared responsibility. it begins with what we can all do to help break the chain of mother-to-child transmission, and this take leadership at every level, from investing to health-care workers to removing the registration fees that discourage women from seeking care. we need community and family leaders, from religious leaders to encourage women to get tested and demand treatment if they need it. we have a share this possibility to support multilateral institutions like

the global fund. in recent months, as the united states has stepped up our commitment, so have saudia arabia, japan, germany, the gates foundation, and others. and i encourage other donors, especially in emerging economies, to increase their contributions to this essential organization. and then finally, we all have a share in responsibility to get serious about promoting country ownership, the end state where a nation's efforts are led, implemented, and eventually paid for by its government, its communities, its civil society, its private sector. i spoke about how the united states is supporting country ownership, but we also look to our partner countries and donors to do their part. they can follow the example of the last few years, in south

africa, namibia, botswana, india, and other countries who are able to provide more and better care for their own people because they are committing more of their own resources to hiv-aids. and partnered countries also need to take steps like fighting corruption and making sure their system for approving drugs are as efficient as possible. i began today by recalling the last time this conference was held here in the united states, and i want to close by recalling another symbol of our cause, the aids memorial quilt. for a quarter century, this quilt has been a source of solace and comfort for people around the world, a visible way to honor and remember, to mourn

husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, partners and friends. some of you have seen the parts of the quilt that are on view in washington this week. i well remember the moment in 1996 when bill and i went to the national mall to see the quilt for ourselves. i had sent word had that i wanted to know where the names of friends i had lost were placed so i could be sure to find them. when we saw how enormous the quilt was, covering acres of ground, stretching from the capitol building to the washington monument, it was devastating. in the months and years that

followed, the quilt kept growing. back in 1996 was the last time it could be displayed all at once. it just got too big. too many people kept dying. we're all here today because we want to bring about that moment when we stop adding names, when we can come to a gathering like this one and not talk about the fight against aids, but instead, commemorate the birth of a generation that is free of aids. now, that moment is still in the distance, but we know what road we need to take. we're closer to that destination than we have ever been. and as we continue on this journey together, we should be encouraged and inspired by the knowledge of how far we have already come.

today and throughout this, we must restore our own faith and renew our own purpose, so we may together reach that goal of an aids-free generation and truly honor all of those who have been lost. thank you all very much. [applause]

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c-span3 >> in the private sector, banks that are wrong, like the royal bank of scotland of $10 million, i cannot remember if it was 10,000,004 8 million -- it was in 2008, they did not want their clients to know that.

cyberattacks, a company after company by the thousands that people do not know about, where it becomes extraordinarily difficult as where you get the critical infrastructure. the command and control systems, which retaken down in eastern europe. a command and control system that could be taken down. our command and control systems. the faa, all of the things that would throw a country into a real turmoil can take place. the big offenders are china, russia and israel.

i even doubt the tiny central government knows the depth to which there are cyber penetrations into this country coming out of certain parts of china. thousands a day of cyber intrusions. so the part of the bill that the intelligence -- the intelligence committee has done and that we'll work on together and is a part of lieberman, collins, harper, is the information sharing part of that bill. we have worked very hard. we have shared it with others. i just told wes, please take a look at this final draft. this is fully transparent. we have tried to work with people in the liberal wing who have concerns about privacy, to see that privacy can be taken care of.

we have tried to do it on the basis that high-tech has an understanding, the defense has an understanding. it is not easy but when this information is shared under the bill, you are absolved from liability. so that it shared with the government. so i think that is the positive nature of this bill. companies do not want to share data but in this arena, if we do not stand together, we will hang separately. i really believe that. >> another interesting point you raised is the bipartisanship of your committee and chairman rogers in the making larry member's house intelligence committee which is in rather

stark contrast to the atmosphere on the hill these days with issues as important as the federal budget. how do those two committees seem to be did exception to what is increasingly the role of partisanship? >> this could be wrong but i think one of the things that we broke down from the very beginning, and david was a huge help with this, is to bring the two staffs together. they worked separately. the democratic staff and republican staff. who the staff director and his or her ability to do this is really critical. i think this goes to the top. i think that the intentions of the leaders of the committee is critical. briefing individual members when you learn something, cutting them in -- there are -- we may have some disagreements and either we will compromise

them or i will give or he will give because the overall mission is to import -- is too important. it had been six years before with no intelligence authorization bill which was supposed to be done annually. those are the laws under which the intelligence community worked. we have now passed three so that is a good sign. and we have done that by unanimous consent, by working together, by using the mechanism of pre-conferencing a bill. i find it very easy to talk to mike rogers, to saxby chambliss. that is really quite wonderful. >> it is the exception. here we are in a country where

millions of americans are suffering economically. your home state has been hit hard since 2008. we have a company trying to deal blindly would seek a station with -- what sequestration with no move on that issue. why is it that the rest of the congress cannot do what you and senator chambliss and congressman rogers have been able to do? >> for a while, i thought it was the nature of what we do and then i became the chairman of energy and water subcommittee and lamar alexander is the republican ranking member. and we were able to work very

closely together. you have to talk. i think you have to understand how this government is set up. because if you compromise in an ideologic straitjacket becomes a dirty word. it is the only thing you can do to affect change. if people resist on both sides and will not compromise said that they can pound their chest and say i helped shut down the government or i do not care what happens, i am going to cut everything, it is of no help. it is of no help. because there are problems that you have to handle and the only way you can handle them is to try and compromise. so the etiologic --straight jacket does not work for a

working body. and i am lucky i have to people who understand that that i work with. i think that is the positive of it. i just think we have to understand that we do not do the country a service to let people who will not make something work. who will not ever come to a conclusion. if it is not their way, it is the highway. that is just plain wrong. you cannot do it. we are not a parliamentary system. >> there are some people now who wish we were. we are now looking at a

presidential election that is starting down that same path. with attacks and counterattacks and adds that do not always stand up to scrutiny. kind of a zero sum game. i think a lot of americans wonder what has happened to us. why is this going on? >> what it does is it divides and polarizes the people. it takes a kind of -- it puts campaigns on a very low level. one thing this democracy -- i have been on the judiciary committee now offer the 20 years i have been here so i have been up close and personal with the constitution. and really come to have a great appreciation for this democracy -- this document. it is a foundation of all law and the government that comes out of it with the three equal branches is really amazing. so people do not really understand that what our government depends on is an enlightened electorate.

people have to become willing to grapple with the issues in a thoughtful way. not based on bumper stickers or house science board really think about these issues. join groups. i was a member for a long time of the world affairs council. of the league of women voters. of great decisions in my early days where i could, post college, meet with people, professors and others to learn more and more. one of the great things about being a senator is that you have access to all the great minds in the world. you can pick up the phone and call someone, whether a professor to say what you sit down with some of us and tell us a little bit about your thoughts?

that is an amazing thing to enrich somebody's decision making ability. and we need more of it, not less of it. >> we have time for one last question. i will defer to one of our visitors on the visa waiver issue. opportunities and risks from an intelligence and security point of view. >> i know who that is. [laughter] >> i will let the record show that i did not identify the questioner. >> i had not been a big fan of the visa waiver program for everybody. it is a huge program. it admits -- at least 23 million americans a year to a number of countries that do not have to have the visas. the visa is waived. the problem is we have no exit system.

we do not know if those people return home. shocking, but it is true. and i had a working with the department to try to see that they come up with an exit system. we keep for years, we have promised dates and it does not happen. you go to china, you fill out a little slip. it says your purpose, where you are staying and when you are going home. there is none of this for us. we do not know where anybody that comes into the country is or whether they go home. so we do not even know when you talk about illegal immigration, much of it is from be so waivers were people come here and just stay. we do not know how much of it is for visas were people do not leave. that has been a longstanding

problem that i have wanted to fix. i think it is fair to say i have been a member of a certain committee and i have been pushing and pushing. the way it is measured as with a rejection rate. that is measured on when they know people do not come home and then certain countries are not admitted until that rate drops. i forget the percent right now but it is a low number. there are countries that have been very helpful to the united states that are good friends to the united states. that are very concerned about

it. i am aware of it and i am hopeful that we will have an exit system soon. that should go a long way to handle the problem. >> thank you very much. you have certainly lived up to your reputation. >> thank you very much. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> we all thank the senator for sharing her insights today. let's give her another round of applause. thank you. [applause] abbas also like to thank john walcott and wes bush for their sponsorship. on september 18, the world

affairs council will be back in this building for a luncheon with charles bolden, the director of nasa. we hope to see you all then. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> live coverage at 10:00 a.m.. and later in the day, a hearing on the cable television act that passed congress in 1992. the law have the goal of providing consumers expanded content choices. industry executives testified before the senate commerce committee live at 2:30.

>> if you cannot disagree, even disagree without taking it personally and hitting a person on the other side, find another job. over 25 years on thei the bench, sunday at 8:00 p.m. >> mitt romney he was president and ceo of the 2002 salt lake city olympic games. as of 2012 summer olympic games began, we take a look back at the candidate's role in funding for the 2002 games. it is 1:40. >> thank you.

and it the great citizens of washington, d.c. we are thrilled to recognize what it represents. two different people, it means different things. they also stand for the passion, the fire that burns within the hearts of the olympians. it is the enthusiasm, the perseverance the will. young heroes are represented by this claim. it is taking on a greater meaning. and in some respects, it is a place where we look to suggest that humanity goes forward. that we affirm the greatness of our land and of the nation's that come to support our land. the theme of our games -- it

says light the fire within. you see a flame that will come down. and from the top of that port, you will see a big piece of us. they are epitomized by this flame, by this torch. behind you, you can see the lincoln monument. it is our hope as a nation that as this porch goes across this great land, that it will kindle with enough the same passion, the same fire, the same love of country, the same affirmation of civilization that it has kindled in people across the globe. thank you for being here, thank you for this great opportunity to be part of this event this evening. salt lake city looks forward to welcoming you in 2002.

>> the comments of mitt romney at the olympic torch ceremony 10 years ago marking the start of the 2002 winter games. now as the summer games get underway later this week, we wanted to look back at the 2002 games and the role mitt romney played it in salt lake city. we have a story available online titled "the real story of romney's olympic turnaround." he joins us on the phone. let's explain how he assumed the responsibility in 1999 to take on the role of ceo and president of the salt lake city organizing committee. >> mitt romney came in relatively late in preparations for the olympics. in late 1998, a scandal broke out related to allegations of peddling that senior members of salt lake's organizing committee tried to woo the games into awarding salt lake games by

giving them lavish gifts. the value of which total over $1 million. senior executives launched a search to bring in a turnaround specialist who could prop up public confidence and restore the appearance of integrity and his business acumen to sway sponsors who might be poised to leave and rehabilitate the budget. romney was their choice. he joined the organizing committee in february of 1999. >> there was competition in utah, jon huntsman who also ran for president this year, was also being considered. >> speaking with some of the people when they launched that search, they considered about 10 candidates. jon huntsman was one of the names that surface.

mitt romney came to the top of the list fairly early on. even his critics, the ones who have misgivings about certain elements of his performance, nobody said he did not do an excellent job in shepherding the games to a successful conclusion. >> there is a question you posed in the time magazine piece -- how much credit should mitt romney receive for the success of the 2002 winter games? how do you answer that? >> even those are critical of his comments about the games will it knowledge he did a very good job. he inherited the games at a precarious moment when public confidence had cratered and sponsors were on the cusp of exiting because they did not want their names to be tarnished by association with the games that have come to be tarnished by scandal.

so romney had a multi part task. he had to woo public opinion and bring in people and bring this apparatus to a successful conclusion. by any measure, he deserves quite a lot of credit. the criticism that is lost -- lodged by people who are not so hot on his performance as he embellish the scale of problems to make himself seem as a savior. this was an event that you saw had been preparing for and saw for a long time. a lot of people were invested in its success. people sit romney has used this moment as the cornerstone of his case to be able to manage the presidency. >> he writes about this in his book which you attribute to your piece.

>> it is a fascinating piece because it gives you a peek at the type of culture romney values as a leader in the way he runs a large organization. he talked about the need to bring in the right people and and still this culture of shared sacrifice. this culture of levity. he talks about starting meetings with jokes and having group retreats to build morales. so turnaround is an interesting book in a number of ways. talks about his efforts to go to washington and make sure the federal government has allocated enough funds for the games to come off well. >> we will hear from mitt romney you spoke of the national press club prior to the start of the 2002 winter games and some of the debates that took place here in washington with the funding of the winter games coming after the tragedy of 9/11.

in your piece, this is a pivotal time in his life. somebody who turned from politics back to business after he lost a senate race in massachusetts and then back to politics after the games concluded. >> the olympics, this was the origins of mitt romney's reputation as a turnaround artist. he had been extremely successful at that the business. and here in full public view in the wake of a major national tragedy. he was charged with taking this national of that -- national event. he presided over a complex organization. restructuring was a major task and he did so well. he is certainly entitled to cite this as being one of the elements that prepares him to lead the country. whether or not is it -- it is a

direct correlation, the skills involved at the olympics, where they would translate to the white house is perhaps another matter. >> we are talking with alex altman. we will see mitt romney this week at the start of the summer games, a guest of the international olympic committee. give us a sense of what we can expect and how this will play out with his presidential campaign. >> it is a tricky balancing act. it is a victory lap of sorts. he will likely want to use the tenure anniversary to draw attention -- use the ten year anniversary to draw attention to his success a decade ago. and a horse that ann romney co- owns will be competing. they have been using the horse as an avatar of the romney wealth.

he will probably want to minimize the degree to which he is lumped into those types of narratives. >> what did you learn about mitt romney, his role in the winter games and how he would govern if elected president? >> i think what he offers in his memoir about the games offers a revealing look into the way he manages organization. he talks a lot about bringing in people he trusts. from that we can probably extrapolate and think about the types of people he would bring into an organization if you is able to win at the white house. and the degree of scandal that rocked the game in preparations and the complex task is to put on an international show. >> one of those responsibilities -- to get funding shortly after the 9/11 tragedy's.

>> when romney came to the job, lots of money had already been earmarked. there were hundreds of millions of dollars in direct funding. over $1 billion overall. romney himself spent a considerable amount of time working with a democratic lobbyist, his point person who was on his way to capitol hill on the 9/11 when the plane hit the pentagon. in his role, he had to ensure that things were allocated to the games could be carried off. it was a function that drew criticism on the campaign trail when rick santorum and some other allies noted that romney

secured congressional earmarks to carry out that role. if you consider it within the prism of the job he had at the time, that was part of duty. >> thank you for giving us perspective into this story. it is available on-line. the real story of the turnaround at time.com. two years prior to the winter games in 2000, mitt romney was here in washington address in the national press conference. >> thank you for help in organizing this meeting and help in getting me here. i appreciate the opportunity to speak with you although i am intimidated by this group, i have to admit. i am reminded of the famous advice given to a senator who asked if he had any advice about what you should say when appearing before a congressional committee. the senator is repeated to have said there are three rules -- do not try to be funny, do not lie, and what ever you do, do not blurt out the truth. i anticipate i will violate the

rule today. the truth is, the olympics is really not about what most people who try and win the games think it is about. my guess is that when mothers and fathers of salt lake city with thinking about getting the games here, they had visions of economic development. incremental tax revenues, tourist attractions, corporate relocations and so forth that would come to the city. i am sure there is some element of truth to that and i am sure that motivates countries and cities like sydney, australia, who are spending in excess of $5 billion to bring the games to their country. a population of only 18 million in australia. most of that money beingmost oft by the federal government. i have to justify that kind of investment on the basis of tourism, growth and so forth. there really are some economic

benefits and they can be tallied. there are incremental revenues and foreign exchange and benefits, physical sport legacies and an argument can be made that the growth trajectory that a city may have had prior to the games accelerates after the games. places like calgary have been an analysis of that. they think it has stimulated their growth as an informant. but if you think the olympics is primarily about money, you are likely to be sorely disappointed. in the case of japan, remember that fabulous of venue they built? it was that speed skating rink. i do not know if you know how big a speed skating rink is. when you see it on tv, you think it is happening on a relatively small piece of ice with are going so fast, it is a big piece of ice. you can put to hockey rinks inside the oval plus stands.

the building in japan costs $300 million to construct. that was left after the games but i understand today that building is being used as a free-market. -- fleaa market. retailers in atlanta who anticipated that when the atlanta games came to their city and enormous skyrocket in their sales but actually sales declined during the olympics. i am convinced the olympics does make sense economically long term for a community but i am also convinced that is not what a community should consider hosting the olympic winter games or the summer games. there is another alternative, and another reason people think about. the olympics is about branding to a certain extent or defining a community. when i sit branding, what do i mean? when i was a kid, occasionally i would get a sip of rc coca-cola and coca-cola.

they tasted different. i cannot tell you today which one tasted better. they tasted different. but coca-cola made a massive investment to associate their brand of product with things people like me like. athletes, sports, vitality, even polar bears today. somehow by virtue of those associations, more of us wanted to become a code could trigger -- a coke drinker. that branding investment is something they have placed billions of dollars behind over those years. places are also branded. when an individual thinks about where should i buy a product from, they think about the place it is coming from and the people that make it. when they think about should read this article on the internet that comes from this country are this place, they think about the integrity of that place.

when it think about who they will do business doeth - with, they think about the brand of that community and that country. that somehow infects everything they are doing. you can say surely so lake city, utah, and the united states is well blended that we do not need to think about what the olympics does to our brand. but in the corporate world, corporations have for some time recognized that you continue to invest in your brand and over time you want to make it stronger and stronger or it can be kay. -- can decay. in the case of a coca-cola, is there anyone in the world who was not tried coca-cola or does not know what it is? yet coca-cola is spending, like many other corporations, $50 million to become a sponsor of the winter olympic games that we are hosting. to associate their brand with the power of those athletes. that $50 million is just the sponsorship costs. it does not begin to account for the money they will spend to spot -- to publicize that

sponsorship. the people of america and utah and salt lake city will see their brand associated with the olympic movement and that is something the olympics does. we have not gotten off to a great start, have way, and terms of building the power of the positive image of our brand? by virtue of the scandal with the winning of the bid. money in branding are part of the olympics but in my view, they are not at the heart of what the olympics is about. the olympics is the most effective platform for celebrating character on the world stage. the olympians are real heroes in the reveal their heroism to our kids and the world. when there are olympic moments

memorialized in the psyche of the world population which affect how we think about ourselves and others, they inspire us. they lift us as a nation, towards peace and other notable endeavors. i remember a meeting about a young athlete who was going to the olympics. he was promoted as a hopeful to win a medal. that was in 1984. he came in fourth, only one place away from being on the podium. in the culture and i grew up in in -- in, there was a sense that if first you do not succeed, move on. but he went back and said i will try it again. four more years with massively grueling trailing -- training and he again went to the games. this time favorite to win. he did not win in part because on the day of his first race,

his sister died of leukemia and that so affected him that he was perhaps unable to fulfill his dream. four years later, he went to the games again, practicing, making every effort possible. again picked as an almost sure thing. he came in fourth and 26. then to the next olympics he goes. his fourth olympic games, he finally won his gold. i have met dan jansen now. he was in my office. we talked. i listened to speak to audiences and he does not understand that he is a hero. he does not understand what it is about him that makes people look at him with such respect. in some respects, i think when you think about competition and the spirit of competition, the passion to win, and when you think about perseverance and the will that he represents, they are introduced to him that he does not even recognize them for what they are. -- so intrinsic to him that he

did not even recognize them for what they are. people like dan inspire and lift. the fire and passion that they see in dan is ignited in our hearts. have you seen that video of kerri strug? that wonderful jim is in -- gymnast in atlanta. on her first fault she took a bad landing and tore her ankle perishable leave that for the u.s. to win the team medal in gymnastics, it was essential for her to vault again. she runs down the course to that vault, leaps up, goes upside down and then does one of those stick landings, primarily on one leg. you have seen that, perhaps. i have seen it time and again. that is with the video and

typically. the other night, i saw the video after those frames. she falls to the ground and roles in a ball of pain, west in -- grasping her leg. kerri said when i landed that landing and ran down that track, i felt pain 100 times more severe than i had ever felt at any time in my life. i look at kerri and i think millions of young people in the world look at her and see someone who is a model of sacrifice, of dedication, of commitment to restore, commitment to herself, a commitment to her teammates and to our country. these kinds of olympic moments lift as as a nation, let us as a world. i do not know if anyone in this room was aware of what was going on during the time of hitler's games in munich in the 1930's but you have certainly

seen the footage of jesse owens tried to qualify. both times his tell what over the start line and he was about to be disqualified on his last and final jump. his german archrival went out and said here is my towel, i will lay it down 1 foot behind the official dump line. -- jump line. when you see my towel, a jump again. he did that. jesse don't. later on, he won the gold medal. the first person to greet him a congratulate him with his german rival who became a lifelong friend. the message that those athletes give to the world is that racism has no place in the human family. that we are brothers and sisters, all. it would be lost on the ears of

the leader of one of those countries. as we watched a young olympians demonstrate to us, the real meaning of competition and peace. i compare the message of the olympics with what my kids get in their diet. in every medium they touch, they say that look is celebrated -- see that luck is celebrated above preparation. dacey that these rises above hard work. gratification excels and violence is more interesting than charity. winning comes above the rules or respect or sportsmanship and money comes about everything. to many people in our world, there convince the world of sport is primarily about money f sport is primarily about money

-- a bo owners and athletes competing for the billions in broadcast and sponsor revenues that seem like spoils. in some cases the story of some of our most premier athletes lives could be appropriate britain with an adding machine. the currency of an olympian's scored career is character. it is integrity, hard work, commitment, and sacrifice. it is ambition, passion for the sport, faith, respect for others, stability, peace ability, even love. it is a spirit of pioneering. our ancestors pioneered this country by discovering new boundaries of physical space. we do that as we go into outer space. these olympians are pioneers in that they discover on trees of the spirit. -- new boundaries of the human

spirit. there modern pioneers. and the fire that burns ignites in each of us. this is something i have a problem contemplating. over to 0.5 billion people -- 2.5 billion people watched the opening ceremonies of the atlanta summer games. we will have to a billion watch our games in zoelllick city. -- salt lake city. one-third to one-half of the world population will watch these games. there will be 3500 athletes and officials but how many media members come to sell like to report these games and take the message to the world? 9000. there will be other thousands that we cannot give accreditation to who will be there. the event and the experiences shared will have 700 heads of state and diplomats who come to the games. this is the impact, why so many are touched by the fire of these olympic moments.

i am often asked whether the olympics are worth the massive investment and with the federal government. -- should be playing any role in helping finance some part of the games and the federal government provides anti- terrorist and public safety funding and money. the largest area which is providing transportation. so they can get to the venues and we spend hundreds of billions of dollars to enforce peace in the world. it was appropriate to demonstrate piece of the world. we did not get the games on a regular basis. we have not had the olympic winter games in 20 years in this country. i would not be surprised if we get another within 20 years. their enormous and the impact they have on the children of this country and the children of the world.

with all i see at stake, however doing and i have given you a note that we did not get off to a good start. we have taken full and complete corrective action and that action is symbolic and substantive. our management team is nil as is -- is new as is our board. we went through a small board to 54 people representing the broadest cross-section of our community. we have taken every imaginable action to ensure compliance with the highest standards. we sat down and wrote a code of conduct, asked each of our employees and board members to review it carefully and sign off on it. each year a report is prepared by each employee and board member about their conduct relating to that ethical conduct policy. we have an ethics board which reviews each of those reports if there are any variations from what seems to be appropriate and our board meetings and community meetings are open.

the press attends all them. all the documents inside our organization are available. simply submit a form saying which you want. i want to see the letters written by mr. romney. you'll get them all. it takes 28 days to get those things. ethical conduct. we also face the truth by standing up and telling our community that we were 350 come almost $400 million in the whole from what our budget had told us we should have reached by the point that we said these words last march of 1999. we acknowledge we have not been successful with our sponsors. as of last march, how have we done in raising money? if we have $375 million to go, how much from last year? we've raised $30 million in a year and signed 1 sponsor.

we were in a difficult position. the engine has been reignited, however as jack mentioned. we signed new sponsors, 14 in the last eight months. two more that will be announced before the end of this month if not more. we have raised well over $100 million and necessity was the agent for some appropriate for reality. people speak about the olympics being subject to gigantism. we have decided to focus on what we think is key. and to pare back on the things that are not keep. -- not key. but we give you an example. i mentioned that building, i wish we had a building that gorgeous we could build in salt lake city and we have the money from someone to do that. the olympics requires a measure of frugality. we have a building just as big that houses a track just as big

and it has two hockey rinks. after the games, it can be used as a sport facility. our building will cost $30 million. it keeps us warm and will seeat as well, we will not have a single post that will interfere with the television camera. it will cost one-tenth as much. we decided to decide -- the ordinary citizens can have an olympic experience. one of the problems i see is that it is so expensive that the only people who can afford the tickets are the very wealthy. and the rest of us are forced to stand by tv. we have thousands of tickets which have been earmarked to use -- to youth in you talk to attend the games. 50% -- let me come back. we have an interesting to get -- ticket pricing policy.

we will charge what we think the market will bear. it will cost a lot of money. we like people want to sit in this frosst to pay as much money as they would if they were going to the super bowl or nba finals. we will have some seats that much more reasonable rates. 50% of the seats that will be sold will sell between $20.60 dollars apiece. -- $20 and $60 apiece. that is not cheap but for the once in for your event which is the super bowl of each of these sports that come there, it is a spectacular bargain. our venues are spectacular. our downhill occurs in a mountain outside of ogden, utah called snow basin. you can look behind you all the way at the bottom of the mountain and the city or you can look down at the bottom of the course. within 30 meters from the top, the skiers will be going 90 miles an hour. it is a spectacular mountain, spectacular venue. we have some of the most beautiful ski resorts in the world. park city not resort, deer

valley, our winter sports park that has a bobsled run as well as the ski jump facility, all empty into a wonderful community nestled in the mountain. dan jansen said it will break all sorts of the olympic records. i said why is that and he said because the ice is fast. he was not laughing. something about high elevations and low level of humidity makes fast ice. almost one-third of the medals go -- 28 kilometers of trails. most of the time, the skiers take off and you watch them take off and a long time later, they kept slipping by through the woods. the i did not know what that was or who is in front. because it is on the side of the mountain, spectators can watch the entire event. the beginning to the end. they look like there and it's

gonna cross the mountain but with binoculars, you can watch the event. the venues are spectacular. we have added some new sports, cross-country spreads. cross country splints. women's bobsled. they told us bobsled was too dangerous for women. the american women have been wanting to win the world cup for a long time. we were happy to make it part of the olympics. we added something called skeleton. in some respects, appropriately named. it takes a slight about the size of a cookie sheet, adding two small runners, laying on it with your head hanging out, and going down the bobsled track and to a -- at 70-80 miles per hour. there is a person who was the world cup champion, jimmy shea. i hope he is successful in his endeavor and we can celebrate one more champion. i note i am encouraged by the enthusiasm not only of corporate america in sponsoring our games

but everyday americans. poll after poll shows the olympics is the number-one reviewed and number onne fan sport in america. a poll indicates kids 7 to 17 consider billups the number one sporting event they want to do. we had a recent poll that was very heartening for our management team. it asked people, do you have confidence in the management team running they sell like -- salt lake olympic committee? 80% said yes. having come from an election against senator kennedy, 80% on my side is always good. we have come a long way. i acknowledge we have a long way to go. it is not something which we have done by ourself. it is not something we can accomplish by ourself. everything we have accomplished has been by virtue of a collaboration of all sorts of leaders throughout our country. i want to acknowledge the support of the thai delegation. -- of the utah delegation.

many of the members of which and their officers are here, providing funding for security and housing. we also have mickey ybarra. he is also vice chairman of the presidential task force. the administration has worked hard to make sure our olympics are successful. congress has been a friend of the olympics. we depend enormously on the support of government and its agencies to make sure we can be wonderful host to the world. i would note is my dream that in some way, these olympians can help us as a country, my kids in particular and perhaps me as well recognize we should judge people and celebrate people not for what they have but what they are. i am convinced the olympics is

the primary showcase for demonstrating character in the world and i will do everything in my power to make sure that these games and this committee make us proud. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. we have a lot of questions. one of the members of our audience asked, are there any changes in the ioc since coming on board? >> i was not around. i was not part of the bid committee. i did not see what it was like before. i have to be honest and this does not conform with the conventional wisdom but the ioc has been good to us. we went and said, we have some severe difficulties. we're through had some $5 million in the hole. we need some cash debt and we both the royalties which exceeds $25 million.

our city signed this contract. they said you do not have to pay into the games are over so all that money was put in the end. with that the expenditures we had. when they come to you talked, we -- come to utah, we thought they had to have the limousines. no limousines, they said. our contract said each ioc member is supposed to have a private secretary during the games. we said that as a lot of volunteers and costs. we had an opening session as part of our country. we were supposed to have a cultural program with concerts and getting our system of people there. we said that as a lot of expense and they said do not worry about it. anything that you find in our budget that costs money that is not essential, something that is for the ioc you can remove. we have found them to be collaborative and helpful.

i recognize that is not the conventional wisdom in our relationship with the ioc, we have had full support. that is not to say that it is like coming home to a family meeting where everyone gets together and hugs everybody. the ico consists of 102 americans -- of people. -- only two of them are american. they recognize they shoulder a huge portion of the blame for what occurred. we have a long way to go to have that kind of collaborative from the relationship which i hope well aspire for and i feel from the top level of the ioc and its leadership ranks. >> your games are great to be the first for the new president of the ioc. who would you like to see in that position?

>> i am wise to stay away from certain topics. there are two topics i stay away from. they are the franchisor. i am not getting in the business of telling them how to run their enterprise any more than a mcdonald's franchisee goes in and says we should change the chief executive of mcdonald's corp. it is true that the president steps down at the end of his term following the city games and there will be a new president elected. it is one which is carried out through a democratic election of the ioc delegates. there are 120 of them and there are some great people. people who are part of our record nation commission are

fabulous. one of my heroes, jean-claude killy. he was one of the first to win gold medals. he is a deputy director and treasurer person. he is a qualified person. dick pound, he is director of the marketing efforts, he is a canadian. terrific man. i could go on and on. others are capable who could lead the ioc well. >> but you're not going to name them. is that your final answer? is it ironic that utah was the site of this breakdown of moral and ethical standard? >> there's no question. we all felt sickened by what

happened. we as a nation felt sickened. i was living in boston and what i heard about this scandal, i was just ill. i kept reading and find out there were problems and found there were problems in other cities that hosted the games. i would have rather read a story saying that utah lost the bid again. it did not take that step. my guess is the overwhelming majority would have loved to have seen that story as well as the overwhelming majority would like to have read that story. it is three or more. a few people violated that good judgment apparently. as a result way as an as a result way as an entire committee suffered and we as a country in the eyes of a world to a certain degree suffer. it is one of the great sinuses

-- is one of the great sadness and a great pity and injustice. a committee as dedicated to american ideals has that committee would be tainted by the action of a few. it has ever been thus. >> how about washington, d.c.? we have what it takes? >> summer games, i will give you some advice. everybody wants the olympics. that is a great thing. every country wants the olympics. enormous benefits but is -- it is more expensive than you think. our original budget called for $900 million. that is a massive amount of money. that included security and transportation. we estimated we would generate $859 million as sponsor revenue. we calculated that -- the all- time record came from atlanta. 480 million. 480 million.