Senator Collins Honored for Her Work to Support HIV/AIDS Prevention and Research

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Business Action to End HIV presented U.S. Senator Susan Collins with its 2025 Champion Award. The award was conferred in recognition of her leadership and commitment to ending HIV in the U.S. and internationally, and her ongoing dedication to strengthening America's public health system through increased federal funding. Caroline Jackson of Falmouth, the Director of U.S. Business Action to End HIV, presented Senator Collins with the award.

"While we have made significant progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS, our work is not finished. I remain committed to strengthening prevention and treatment efforts, supporting lifesaving research, and ensuring that the programs that have saved so many lives around the world can continue their vital work," said Senator Collins. "Thank you to U.S. Business Action to End HIV for this recognition of my work as Chair of the Appropriations Committee to protect and bolster critical efforts like the PEPFAR program and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program."

In the recently enacted Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Senator Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, secured more than $2.5 billion for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, including the restoration of $525 million in funding that the Administration's budget had proposed to cut. The bill also included $1 billion for domestic HIV/AIDS research and prevention and more than $128 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Global HIV/AIDS program.

Last June, Senator Collins protected the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program from $400 million in proposed rescissions by the Administration. Her intervention prevented any reduction in funding for the program-which has saved an estimated 26 million lives globally since it launched in 2003.

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