Political Quotes

“I thank the chairman and the ranking member for working with me on this very important amendment. This is a very simple amendment that would provide a $5 million increase to available funds for research, development, testing, and evaluation related to multiple sclerosis under the Defense Health Program. These funds would increase funding for multiple sclerosis research under DOD to $10 million. This amendment fulfills the request of $10 million for MS research that was included in a bipartisan letter signed by 78 Members of Congress earlier this year, including cochairs of the Congressional MS Caucus, Representative Michael Burgess and Representative Van Hollen, and I will include the Dear Colleague letter for the Record. Congress of the United States, Washington, DC, March 28, 2014. Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations, Washington, DC. Hon. Pete Visclosky, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations, Washington, DC. Dear Chairman Frelinghuysen and Ranking Member Visclosky: On behalf of all people living with multiple sclerosis (MS), we would like to thank you for your past support for funding MS research through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). As you know, MS is a chronic, unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. MS is generally diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, during the prime of an individual's life.…”