Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón and former U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) on Monday stressed the fight against HIV/AIDS remains a bipartisan issue. “This is a health issue,” said González during a Zoom call that AIDS United organized. “This is not about a certain group of the community.
This is not about a specific gender. This is about health care. This is about health.” González is a Republican non-voting member of the U.S.
House of Representatives who is a member of Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood New Progressive Party. California Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who chairs the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus, late last year named González co-chair of the group.