Political Quotes

“in this promising time, there are no resources too great to contribute to groundbreaking medical research. Key discoveries, new technologies and techniques, and tremendous leaps in our knowledge and understanding about disease and human health are being made every day. Biomedical research conducted by the Defense Department has been a critical tool in combatting rare diseases here in the United States and across the world. Since 1992, the Department of Defense's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, CDMRP, has invested billions of dollars in lifesaving research to support our servicemembers and their families, veterans, and all Americans. I am proud to have been involved with starting this program, and I have fought year in and year out to support it. As the Senate continues to debate this year's National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, I am concerned that the Senate's bill includes two harmful provisions that would undermine medical research in the CDMRP and erode these paths to vital progress, taking hope away from millions of Americans. The CDMRP has long led to advancements in the field of medicine. From the development of early-detection techniques for diagnosing cancer and improving ways to restore mobility to patients suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, ALS, to advancing treatments for traumatic brain injury and progressing the approval of drugs to treat prostate and breast cancer.…”