coming into this process earlier on, i was scared because even though we came together last year in blackfield, the $7 million in hiv cuts, we were looking at almost 11 million in hiv cuts because of the dysfunction in washington dc and it gets harder every time. what has made me so proud yet again for the millionth time about this city and the government is the unwaivering commitment with the people living with this decease and we saw that commitment yet again in the mayor's proposed budget and the board completing the task with this remaining $3 million so mr. chairman, colleagues, on behalf of this community, i want to thank you for keeping this city 30 year plus commitment to fighting and defeating this epidemic. i'm also very excited in this budget about our city's increased commitment to lgbt at risk and homeless youth. we are going to be increasing housing for lgbt on rescues and other at risk youth and the general safety net to make sure that we address the epidemic of kids living on our streets. and then finally i fought hard and colleagues i want to thank you for agreeing to the enha