On the recordFebruary 10, 2015
I would like to commend my colleague, who has just presented a heartfelt case for scientific and health- related research by the National Institutes of Health. I concur with him that this is a very important part of what we do here. We have budgets that we have to meet, but this should be a significant part of our budget. I would like to also note, as I did when he yielded to me, that, yes, the government needs to play a significant part--the National Institutes of Health--in trying to find cures and in trying to find ways of improving the health of the American people. It is not just up to the National Institutes of Health, and it is not just up to the government employees. My approach, which I will be talking about tonight, is something vital--that the private sector needs to be involved not only in this type of health innovation, but in all sorts of innovation and technological jumps forward that some people think only government can do; but, in fact, it is the private sector and, especially, the small, independent inventors who have played such a significant role in furthering human progress, in uplifting humankind. {time} 2015 So while I agree with the government role especially in these health- related issues, I think that we should dedicate ourselves to making sure that private money is going into this. In my area, yes, the University of California at Irvine is doing exemplary work.…
