[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 92 (Tuesday, June 5, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4762]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          FIGHTING ALZHEIMER'S

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, 5.7 million Americans cope with Alzheimer's 
every day. Every 65 seconds, another American contracts the disease. It 
is the sixth leading cause of death in our country, and two-thirds of 
its victim are women.
  Alzheimer's is a very progressive disease where dementia symptoms 
gradually worsen over a number of years.
  We don't yet have a cure for Alzheimer's, but we're helping provide 
the resources now to find that cure. The recent budget that we just 
passed includes a $414 million increase in funding for research into 
Alzheimer's, for a total of $1.8 billion.
  I am also proud to be a cosponsor of the BOLD Infrastructure for 
Alzheimer's Act, a bipartisan bill which dedicates new resources to the 
fight against Alzheimer's, because it is time, Mr. Speaker, we put an 
end to a disease that is costing Americans $277 billion every year.

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