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Joe Pitts: “Today's hearing relates to the 21st Century Cures Initiative announced by the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 30…”

On the recordMay 19, 2014
Today's hearing relates to the 21st Century Cures Initiative announced by the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 30, 2014.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Pitts introduces the hearing on the Cures Initiative aimed at medical breakthroughs.

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