Gene Green: “Few issues in the public health today are as grave and urgent as combating the growing threat antibiotic resistance.”

It is the hope of our committee and Congress that these investments are being put towards finding a cure for many of our nation's biggest medical priorities.

Neither these bills nor the Committee's other efforts have gone far enough to address many of the underlying challenges facing this sector.

Maternal mortality in our country has more than doubled between 1987 and 2014, from 7.2 to 18 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.

I hope that we can advance this legislation as well.