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Saturday, Dec 01, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Romney Press Shop (85) 288-6390 Boston, MA – Today, Governor Mitt Romney issued the following statement on World AIDS Day: "On World AIDS Day, we are reminded of the importance of America 's commitment to fighting one of mankind's most deadly infectious diseases. Around the world, over 33 million people are living with HIV/ AIDS . In 2007 alone, 2.5 million people became infected with HIV and another 2.1 million died from AIDS . To strengthen our fight against HIV/ AIDS and bring hope to those afflicted with this disease, we need strong executive leadership that can build on President Bush 's groundbreaking efforts. "As President, I will mobilize our civilian instruments of power to address HIV/ AIDS , poverty and other challenges across Africa by empowering a single U.S. official with the responsibility and authority to lead all of America 's civilian efforts in the region. I will funda...

July 23, 2003 ROMNEY CELEBRATES NEW CHAPTER IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING Signs legislation that provides flexibility in meeting housing goals Governor Mitt Romney today celebrated the signing of a new law that will allow MassHousing to continue to make loans to finance affordable housing in the Commonwealth. Within weeks, the quasi-public agency was poised to come up against its legal debt cap for rental housing, which would have prevented it from making any new loans for mixed-income rental housing developments. "This new law will allow MassHousing to finance mixed-income homes without interruption," said Romney. "We must work harder, and be smarter, to increase the state's housing supply and have it affordable to those across a broad range of incomes." While MassHousing had additional lending capacity to make loans to first-time home buyers, the measure signed by Romney allows MassHousing to combine two separate debt limits for rental housing and home o...

A GENERATION'S LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP Today's challenges are daunting. They include the conflict in Iraq, the resurgence of the Taliban, and global terrorist networks made even more menacing by the threat of nuclear proliferation. While Iran's leaders relentlessly pursue nuclear weapons capabilities and spout genocidal threats against Israel, the world largely stands silent, unable to agree on effective sanctions even as each day the danger grows. Genocide ravages Darfur even as the world stands frozen. In Latin America, leaders such as Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez seek to reverse the spread of freedom and return to failed authoritarian policies. AIDS and potential new pandemics threaten us in an interconnected world. The economic rise of China and other countries across Asia poses a different type of challenge. It is easy to understand why Americans -- and many others around the world -- feel so much unease and uncertainty. Yet although we face fundamentally differen...

"In this era of fiscal belt-tightening, we need to ensure that Massachusetts continues to lead the nation on public health issues - from AIDS prevention to bioterrorism preparedness ." Governor Mitt Romney, 01-16-2003 Press Release "If the federal government is truly serious about doing something with the AIDS virus, we need to take steps that would isolate the carriers of this plague.... It is difficult to understand the public policy towards AIDS. It is the first time in the history of civilization in which the carriers of a genuine plague have not been isolated from the general population, and in which this deadly disease for which there is no cure is being treated as a civil rights issue instead of the true health crisis it represents." Governor Mike Huckabee, 1992 Questionnaire for The Associated Press