[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 2, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S4168]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    THE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY CARE ACT

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I am pleased to join the distinguished 
Senators from Minnesota and Maine, Mr. Wellstone and Ms. Collins, in 
the introduction of the Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, 
Research, and Education Act.
  I have worked with them over the past several months to develop this 
legislation.
  The Muscular Dystrophy CARE Act will help ensure that federal 
agencies are coordinating muscular dystrophy initiatives. The bill will 
create three Centers of Excellence under the National Institutes of 
Health. These centers will conduct basic and clinical research that 
will help move scientific discoveries from the laboratory to the 
bedside. The act also ensures that the Centers of Disease Control and 
Prevention will conduct basic epidemiological research and data 
analysis of the impact this disease has on our country.
  The passage of this legislation will help improve the quality and 
length of life for tens of thousands who suffer from muscular 
dystrophy. I encourage all Senators to support this effort.

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