Pete Domenici: “In that letter, I requested $8 million for CDC to establish a national diabetes prevention research center. It is my…”

“In that letter, I requested $8 million for CDC to establish a national diabetes prevention research center. It is my primary intention to see this center begin a serious and vigorous effort to control the diabetes epidemic among American Indians through greatly improved, culturally relevant diagnosis and prevention, with preliminary attention to the Navajo Tribe and the Zuni Pueblo near Gallup, New Mexico. I believe CDC is the best agency in our Government to lead this very specialized task. I also hope to find better prevention strategies that will benefit the large Hispanic population of the city of Gallup, the States of New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California, and minority communities nationwide. I am also hopeful that the prevention research conducted in Gallup would be a major benefit for the large population of African-Americans who have this disease.”