Susan Collins

I think that is so important. It would also have important patient protection so that you do not have to go through prior approvals and all of the rigmarole that we hear about so often.

Ultimately, we want a cure. And that is what we are all working toward.

I love the fact that we are also talking about... the road to get to the cure, to make sure that road is an affordable road.

When diabetes is cured, each and everybody in this room is going to be a part of making that happen.

I think a cure is the destination, and I think we all agree upon that as the destination.

Thank you, Senator Collins and members of the committee, for all you are doing to help us.

We need Congress to take the next step this year.

Sixty Senators signed a letter, that Senator Shaheen and I authored, to Senate leaders advocating for this program.

The Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee... overwhelmingly approved the SDP Reauthorization Act that I introduced with Senator Shaheen.

I started the Bipartisan Senate Diabetes Caucus that very year.

We simply must pass legislation to reauthorize the SDP.

Your advocacy for the life-changing research to prevent, treat, and one day cure diabetes--type 1 diabetes--motivates me.

I have long promoted diabetes research as one of my top priorities.

Ultimately, we want a cure. And that is what we are all working toward.

I love the fact that we are also talking about...the road to get to the cure, to make sure that that road is an affordable road.

This drug, teplizumab, for example, which works in the immune system to actually stop the immune system from damaging those insulin producing cells.

Thank you, Senator Collins and members of the committee, for all you are doing to help us.

We need Congress to take the next step this year.

I started the Bipartisan Senate Diabetes Caucus that very year.

We simply must pass legislation to reauthorize the SDP.

Your advocacy for the life-changing research to prevent, treat, and one day cure diabetes--type 1 diabetes--motivates me.

I have frequently said that every time I chair the Children's Congress, which I have done many, many times, I leave with a sense of renewed commitment.

When diabetes is cured, each and everybody in this room is going to be a part of making that happen.

Sixty Senators signed a letter, that Senator Shaheen and I authored, to Senate leaders advocating for this program.

The Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee... overwhelmingly approved the SDP Reauthorization Act that I introduced with Senator Shaheen.