It is marvelous what American medicine and science can do generally, but also that the good Lord allows that miraculous procedure to happen today. This particular bill, which we will be passing shortly, represents the most significant reforms to organ donation in over a decade. It improves research, improves public awareness, and helps us improve the process, which makes organ transplantation possible. It is not hard to take the diseased organs out. The real challenge we have is finding the available, appropriate organs to transplant, actually implant into that chest.
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Discussing the Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act and its significance for organ transplantation.
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