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Representative Betty McCollum '87 among those honored for efforts on behalf of children
By Julie Michener
Feb. 3, 2009
Representative Betty McCollum and four other congressional leaders were honored by Global Action for Children in January.
Representatives McCollum (D-Minn.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), along with Senators Richard Lugar (R-Ind), Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) received the first annual GAC Children’s Champion Award.
The award recognizes those who have done outstanding work on behalf of orphans and vulnerable children in the developing world. Global Action for Children is a nonpartisan coalition that advocates for orphans and highly vulnerable children in the developing world.
The awardees was honored for their leadership in passing the 2003 and 2008 "Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria" bills. The bills authorized a record 10 percent of all U.S. global HIV/AIDS funding for orphans and vulnerable children.
Representatives McCollum and Lee and Senators Lugar and Boxer also played key roles in the passage of the "Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 2005." This ground-breaking legislation addressed the challenges faced by orphans and vulnerable children worldwide.
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