[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11332]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         21ST CENTURY CURES ACT

  (Mr. KATKO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the overwhelming 
passage of the 21st Century Cures Act.
  Across central New York, I heard from advocates and individuals 
suffering from diseases like Alzheimer's, ovarian cancer, multiple 
sclerosis, and epilepsy, to name a few. That is not just something I 
heard from my colleagues. Those diseases have stricken those in my 
family as well.
  We owe it to the people and their families to support medical 
research so that individuals in our communities can live longer, 
healthier lives.
  Today's legislation allows researchers and scientists to move forward 
in their efforts to produce lifesaving treatments, therapies, and cures 
for our loved ones. It will reduce medical uncertainty in the 
development of new medicine and remove barriers to increase research 
collaboration.
  I dream of a time in a not too distant future when I can tell my 
children that what we did here on the floor of the House today saved 
lives and prevented them and their children from enduring some of the 
diseases that we have had to endure in our lifetime.

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