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House of Representatives

Floor Speech

Date: Nov. 30, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Science Health and Health Care

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Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, I stand in support of the rule and the underlying bill. Why? Well, the 21st Century Cures Act is a transformational piece of legislation that will allow us to discover and develop new lifesaving cures and treatments for some of the worst diseases.

This act will offer hope to millions of patients and families, including Gale, a constituent of mine from Newport, who has been affected and afflicted with pancreatic cancer. Or Brandon, a boy from Rives Junction, who has been on a clinical trial for 8 years as he battles Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

In addition to streamlining the FDA approval process and boosting NIH funding, the Cures Act includes significant provisions to update our mental health system and help States fight opioid addiction.

I congratulate my good friend and colleague Chairman Fred Upton for his vision in tackling this challenge and for his tireless efforts to get this bill to the floor. The Cures Act is innovative; it is bipartisan; it is fully paid for and life changing for my constituents in Michigan and many others around this great country.

I ask my colleagues to vote in support of the rule and the underlying
bill.

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