05/09/2022
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"That black children, African American children, have higher rates of disease."
"I too want to thank you, Chairman Pitts, for holding this important hearing on reauthorizing important programs to combat the sickle cell disease and on improving diabetes awareness and care."
"A study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that the median age for men with SCD is only 42 years old. For women, it is 48 years."
"This is a subject that we all care so deeply about and I know our five witnesses today feel very strongly about this issue."