I introduced H.R. 1730, the Speeding Therapy Access Today, or the STAT Act, with my Rare Disease Caucus cochair and good friend, G.K. Butterfield.
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Butterfield discusses bipartisan legislation aimed at improving access to therapies for rare diseases.
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