12/04/2017
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"Earlier this year, we passed legislation to extend the Special Diabetes Program which provides $150 million a year above and over the regular appropriations for Type 1 diabetes research."
"Since I founded the Senate Diabetes Caucus, we have been successful in working together in a bipartisan manner to triple the funding for diabetes research."
"Mr. Chairman, I just want to thank you so much for holding this hearing."
"I am very alarmed by a recent CDC study that shows that Type 1 diabetes among young people rose by a troubling 23 percent between 2001 and 2009."