[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18419]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        SUPPORT LIFESAVING CURES

  (Mr. YODER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of lifesaving 
research at the National Institutes of Health.
  As we debate the priorities for the upcoming omnibus appropriations 
act, one of our top initiatives must be an increase in support for 
research to cure and prevent disease. Cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, 
and more than 10,000 known diseases in our world affect millions of 
families throughout our country and in each and every one of our 
districts.
  This year, 600,000 Americans will die of cancer. The best defense to 
saving those lives is enhancing and supporting funding at the National 
Institutes of Health.
  Earlier this year, we passed the 21st Century Cures Act, which 
increased funding for the NIH by over $3 billion in FY 2016. Passing 
with 344 votes, it also had the support of both parties, including 170 
Republican votes.
  Now is the time to meet the moment and to increase NIH by $3 billion 
in the upcoming appropriations act.
  Now is also the time to send a message of hope to each and every 
patient waiting for a cure, that Congress hears you, and Congress is 
going to do everything we can to find innovative cures and treatments 
that can ease suffering and save lives.

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