On the recordDecember 8, 2020
Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I am proud to be a cosponsor of the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019, and I urge my colleagues to support this important bill. I want to acknowledge the extraordinary leadership of Congressman Moulton, who has led this effort in the House, and my Senator, Senator Whitehouse, in the Senate, and all the cosponsors. As we all know, ALS is a terribly debilitating disease. For those of us who have friends or family members who have been diagnosed with this, we know what a family endures when the diagnosis is made, and they are overwrought with how they are going to manage this very serious health challenge. Imagine, in addition to all of that, if people have to worry about whether or not they have access to care in those critical first months of this disease. So, I applaud everyone who has cosponsored this bill. Patients and families will benefit enormously from this legislation. They will have one less thing to worry about when they are confronting this very serious diagnosis. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I thank the gentleman again for yielding.
