Political Quotes

“Earlier this week I had the opportunity to participate in a roundtable discussion in western New York on innovations in health care. Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Bill Corr was in attendance, as were many innovation leaders from my community. My community of Buffalo and western New York has been a real leader in embracing health care innovations to promote the efficient and cost-effective delivery of quality health care services. Buffalo was the Nation's largest recipient of the Federal Government's Beacon Grant for comprehensive integration of electronic medical records. Buffalo's Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the Nation's first comprehensive cancer center, was recently designated to conduct clinical trials for promising new therapies using vaccines to bolster the body's immune system to fight cancer. The successful result of this clinical trial could fundamentally change the science of cancer research and treatment. Innovation in health care must be sustained by the Federal Government. Today, the National Institutes of Health rejects nine of 10 applications for promising research due to lack of funding. Ten years ago, 25 percent of the National Cancer Institute's research grants were funded; today, it's 8 percent. The only failure in cancer research is when you quit or you're forced to quit because of lack of funding. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support fully cancer funding. ____________________”