Political Quotes

“this amendment seeks to recognize the unique diversity of our Nation and take full advantage of minority institutions in clinical practice and technology innovation. This amendment simply urges the director to consider utilizing minority institutions such as historically black colleges and universities and Hispanic institutions when awarding such grants regarding health-care technology. Our historically black colleges and universities have produced some of the greatest pioneers in the medical profession, for example, Charles Richard Drew, who was the pioneer of blood plasma preservation, to Ernest Just, who formulated new concepts of cell life and metabolism and pioneered investigations of egg fertilization. Inclusion of minority institutions in medical research has been inadequate. The National Institutes of Health Office of Financial Management reported that in 1997 they spent $12.7 billion on medical research. Of that, $8.46 billion went to higher education institutions. Historically black colleges and universities received just $79.8 million of these dollars, less than 1 percent of the National Institutes of Health higher-education pie. It is our diversity that strengthens us as a Nation.”