"Thank you for the opportunity to share our story with you today."
"I think it is important that newborn screening does save lives."
"We are very concerned about the potential for interruption in a program that has a lot of moving pieces."
"I think what you have stated too is how important the provision is in this bill, after 50 years of the screenings, that we really do need to have these long-term studies done, and followup on the chil..."
"Newborn screening saves lives and is a critical public health initiative."
"no plan survives its first contact with reality."
"I do think it is really important to reiterate, again, that in 2011, the CDC recognized the advances in newborn screening as one of the 10 great public achievements in the United States during the dec..."
"They are very, very important."
"I know how important it would be, I would think, for pregnant moms to understand newborn screening."
"Originally, it was the development of the dried blood spot test that allowed us to engage in the newborn screening in the first place which, to me, is just an outstanding scientific feat."
"it certainly shows the efficacy of planning and then carrying it out, and building those relationships."