‘Vought cuts kill people’: Aids activists interrupt Trump budget chief hearing

Proceedings brought to halt as protesters condemn Russ Vought for slashing Pepfar program amid sweeping aid cuts

Protesters decrying delays to funding in the battle against HIV/Aids charged into a congressional hearing where the Trump administration’s budget czar, Russell Vought, was testifying in Washington on Wednesday.

The demonstrators disrupted the proceedings on Capitol Hill and twice brought the hearing to a halt.