[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10496-10497]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               BRINGING HEALTH CARE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY

  (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, it is time to personalize and modernize our 
healthcare system and bring it into the 21st century.
  We have an opportunity through the 21st Century Cures Act to pass 
bipartisan reforms that will accelerate the discovery, development, 
deployment, and delivery of lifesaving and life-improving techniques 
and cures.
  The 21st Century Cures Act is the result of bipartisan work to ensure 
that our regulatory system keeps pace with the advances we are seeing 
in our science and technology fields. 21st Century Cures will make a 
difference in people's lives.
  For the 10,000 known diseases, there are only 500 FDA-approved 
treatments. By removing barriers to research and development, by 
modernizing clinical trials, and by incorporating more patient 
perspectives, we can more effectively develop treatments and cures to

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fight cancer, Alzheimer's, and other diseases that affect millions of 
Americans.
  Mr. Speaker, in the coming weeks, we will have the opportunity to 
help bring the newest, cutting-edge medical technology to the people 
who need it the most.

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