Gene Green: “I believe H.R. 209 highlights another area in which the committee must work research on rare diseases.”

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

I hope that we can advance this legislation as well.

I am extremely disappointed that 2 years after the passage of Cures we still do not have the regulations necessary to implement these provisions.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that more than 700 women in the United States die each year due to complications related to pregnancy and childbirth.