Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, and I want to thank Chairman Upton, Ranking Member Pallone, Ranking Member Green, and Ranking Member DeGette for their tireless work and commitment to this issue. Mr. Chairman, this landmark piece of legislation will help modernize and personalize health care, encourage greater innovation, support research, and streamline the healthcare system to deliver better, faster cures to more and more patients. Mr. Chairman, we might live in different regions, we might live in different times, we might be of different nationalities, we might even be of different faiths, but when it comes to the overall health of our Nation, we can surely put aside our differences and do the right thing for the American people. I want to highlight two provisions of my bill, H.R. 2468, the Minority Inclusion in Clinical Trials Act of 2015, that were included in the 21st Century Cures Act. The first provision will require the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to include, within its strategic plan for biomedical research, ways to increase representation of underrepresented communities in clinical trials. {time} 1830 The second will ensure that it remains a priority at NIH to increase the inclusion rates of traditionally underrepresented communities within the future biomedical workforce. The CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired.”