lantos, and also katrina, family members of a very dear friend of mine, the late congressman tom lantose of lantos human-rights award. and for me to receive the award is a truly great privilege, especially in that the award is named after an individual whom i admire deeply into made tremendous contribution to human rights for the world. [applause] >> i just want to express my -- [unintelligible] and i am very happy to see your face. as before, very fresh. [laughter] and full of spirit, although no doubt your wonderful late husband and even his friends have the feeling of view of freshness. i appreciate it. [applause] [laughter] >> it is a nature where there is a beginning, there is anend. such wonderful people also sooner or later have to go that way. but what is very important is their spirit and they're wonderful sort of service to humanity. that we must remember. and not only remember but follow, carry-on in that spirit and wonderful work of humanity. particularly human rights. as i always feel, it looks as if we're sharing concern about individual human rights or global human rights

lantos, and also katrina, family members of a very dear friend of mine, the late congressman tom lantosd guests, it is a great honor and pleasure for me to receive this inaugural prize of lantos human-rights award. and for me to receive the award is a truly great privilege, especially in that the award is named after an individual whom i admire deeply into made tremendous contribution to human rights for the world. [applause] >> i just want to express my -- [unintelligible] and i am very happy to see your face. as before, very fresh. [laughter] and full of spirit, although no doubt your wonderful late husband and even his friends have the feeling of view of freshness. i appreciate it. [applause] [laughter] >> it is a nature where there is a beginning, there is anend. such wonderful people also sooner or later have to go that way. but what is very important is their spirit and they're wonderful sort of service to humanity. that we must remember. and not only remember but follow, carry-on in that spirit and wonderful work of humanity. particularly human rights. as i always feel, it looks

then the dalai lama becomes the first person to receive the lantos prize.eral mass and burial for senator edward kennedy, who died in august. right now on c-span2, continuing coverage of what measures and bonn political campaigns from american university. today's topics include strategic messaging and grass-roots organizing. later, interviews with supreme court justices. tonight, and then scalia and prove spader ginsburg. justice scalia has served on a court for almost 25 years. justice ginsberg has served since 1993. she will discuss her life before serving. see those interviews tonight at in o'clock eastern on certification -- on c-span. >> it is the business. judges are in. we cannot decide who want to win. we decide who wins under the law the people have decided. >> a rare glimpse into america's highest court. 10 supreme court justices, tonight, our interviews with santa and scalia and ruth bader ginsburg. interviews with the supreme court justice, 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. get your own copy on dvd as part of our american icons collection, 83-disc sa

the strategy is required by the tom lantos and henry j. hyde united states global leadership against hiv-aids, tuberculosis and malaria reauthorization act of 2008. that's a mighty long name. but it does so much good. and it begins to shift petfar from an emergency program to one focus on sustainability. mr. speaker, the challenges of fighting hiv-aids are daunting but not unsurmountble. over 33 million people worldwide are infected and an estimated 67% of whom liven in subsaharan africa. nearly 2.7 million people including 434,000 children were newly diagnosed with h.i.v. last year. over 14 million children have lost one or both parents to hiv-aids. aids is decimating an entire generation of the most productive members of society in developing countries which will cause g.d.p. to drop by more than 20% in the hardest hit countries over the next decade. without effective prevention, treatment and care efforts, the aids pandemic will continue to spread its mix of death, poverty and derespondencey that is destabilizing governments and societi