May 04, 1987
AIDS is clearly one of the most serious health problems facing the world community and our health care establishment is working overtime to find a cure. The commission will help us to ensure that we are using every possible public health measure to contain the spread of the virus.
Ronald Reagan, Statement on the Establishment of a National Commission on AIDS Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/252896