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“I thank the chairman for the recognition, and I rise to speak in support of S. 2076, the BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act. This bill was introduced on the Senate side by Senator Susan Collins and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, and it promotes public awareness of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. But I also need to thank the champions on the House side of this legislation, Representatives Brett Guthrie and Paul Tonko, both valuable members of the Health Subcommittee. Alzheimer's is a devastating disease that affects families across our Nation. Every 65 seconds, another person in the United States develops Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, with one in three seniors dying of Alzheimer's or a related dementia. Over the past several years, Congress has doubled down on its commitment to researching Alzheimer's disease and the related dementias by substantially increasing our appropriations for the initiatives housed at the National Institutes of Health. This legislation will require the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to establish or support regional centers to address Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.…”