[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 143 (Wednesday, September 6, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 PEER-REVIEWED GULF WAR ILLNESS RESEARCH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018

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                            HON. DARREN SOTO

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 6, 2017

  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, Soto amendment, Soto number 19 to Division A, 
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018, moved $1 million 
from the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account to the Defense 
Health Program's Peer-Reviewed Gulf War Illness research program.
  If we are going to spend money on medical research within the 
Department of Defense, the Department must adequately fund research on 
those diseases that originate in war and wholly affect our servicemen 
and women. Over a quarter of a million veterans display symptoms of 
this disease, and the time has come to find, and fund, a cure for it.
  I support funding Gulf War Illness research and thank my colleagues 
for their support of my amendment.

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