Gene Green: “A lot of the things that were part of the Recovery Act were just building on the 2005 energy bill or energy law that was…”

The promise of the 21st Century Cures Act is to advance the discovery and development of new treatments and cures through increased research and an improved drug approval process.

While were a still great success in the last decade, the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow.

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

But the work started long before 2016 led by colleagues Fred Upton and Congresswoman Diane DeGette.