Lois Capps: “In closing, I submit for the Record letters of support from the following organizations: the Children's Hospital…”

“In closing, I submit for the Record letters of support from the following organizations: the Children's Hospital Association, the Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research, FightSMA, the Humane Society of the United States, the March of Dimes, and a joint letter from several health professional and public health organizations. I urge my colleagues to support this important package of public health legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. Children's Hospital Association, November 11, 2013. Hon. Fred Upton, Chairman, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Washington, DC. Hon. Henry Waxman, Ranking Member, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Washington, DC. Dear Chairman Upton and Ranking Member Waxman: On behalf of over 220 of the nation's children's hospitals, I am writing to urge House passage of S. 252, as amended by the House. This bill would advance two important priorities for children's health: enactment of the National Pediatric Research Network Act and the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Reauthorization Act. The National Pediatric Research Network Act would enhance the national commitment to pediatric research by authorizing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to competitively select pediatric research consortia, each of which would be comprised of multiple institutions and focused on a specific research agenda from basic to translational research.…”