I was very glad to get an amendment into this year's defense bill that requires the Pentagon to begin a longitudinal study of the blast exposure that our servicemembers experience.
This makes it difficult to conduct serious research on the therapeutic benefits of medical marijuana.
No? And why not?
I support strengthening those disclosure rules. I have written legislative language to do it.
We have to find ways to bring down the cost of prescription drugs and the National Academies recommends that the Federal Government negotiat...
It is legal, but if drug companies have influence over which drugs these charities help patients buy, then under current law, it would be il...
Cures also fell short in a really big way, and that's on funding.
Are you still committed to prioritizing basic and applied research? Will this commitment be reflected in the fiscal year 2019 budget?
We have to get better at this. Anything that has a name of the 'Valley of Death' is not good, in terms of acquisition of new, cutting-edge t...
I am worried that splitting oversight of R&D from acquisition is going to make this problem even worse.
I led Democrats on this Committee in calling for an extra $50 billion for the NIH and the FDA.