mr. allman provides several planning policies to the city, lambda legal and washington, d.c. mr. allman, thank you very much for being with us. >> chairman sanders and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for providing us with the opportunity to share our thoughts with you on this subject that is so important to 1.2 million people living with hiv/aids in america. the national association of people with aids, known as napwa, is the largest group of people living with hiv/aids. we've also seen, because of the trusted voice in our community and longstanding independence. next year will be bittersweet. napwa will be in existence 20 years. i say bittersweet, because we don't like seeing people lost. these are 30 years that dear friends of mine lost in the epidemic in the early '80s and 199s 0, they never had a chance to live. so with this in mind, we thank the pharmaceutical industry, the fda and the brilliant researchers for creating anti-retrovirals. i am living proof they do work. i've been positive for over 23 years. we are at a brilliant beginning in saving the lives