Political Quotes

“I want to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and especially for the courtesy to spend a minute or two talking about not only this rule, but also the legislation that will be coming to the floor soon. I want to thank especially Chairman Fred Upton, who has put his whole heart and soul into the 21st Century Cures Act, joined by Diana DeGette, certainly Dr. Burgess, Congressman Murphy, and others who have really played a key role in trying to find cures to diseases that don't exist today, find treatments for those in order to bring better health to all Americans, both physical health and, certainly in the case of Dr. Murphy, mental health as well. This really means a lot. This will make a difference in real people's lives back home in our communities. I have heard from those people, like Carol Fulkerson in Bend, who has MS. She is ecstatic about this. She said it is a great step toward making it possible to find a cure to MS. Can you imagine what that means in a person's life? There are critical reforms and improvements on mental health and substance abuse programs, as we have heard. These changes will help people all across America, and certainly in Oregon. A Medford resident, Justin, overcame his own battle with addiction through a dual diagnosis treatment program that dealt with the underlying issues fueling addiction instead of just sort of a Band-Aid approach to his symptoms.…”