Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, there be no intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 1674) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 1674 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2009''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Advances in medicine depend on clinical trial research conducted at public and private research institutions across the United States. (2) The challenges associated with enrolling participants in clinical research studies are especially difficult for studies that evaluate treatments for rare diseases and conditions (defined by the Orphan Drug Act as a disease or condition affecting fewer than 200,000 Americans), where the available number of willing and able research participants may be very small.…”