[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 14792-14793]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                PIONEERING MEDICAL RESEARCH LEGISLATION

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the 21st Century 
Cures Act and the hope and help it brings to those whose lives have 
been touched by disease or addiction.

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  In my western New York community, opioid overdoses doubled from 2014 
to 2015, and, tragically, that number is expected to double again this 
year. This bill delivers funds to help States and families fight the 
epidemic.
  This legislation also makes substantial investments in pioneering 
research for those fighting cancer, Alzheimer's, and other debilitating 
diseases, bringing us closer to the promise of better treatments and 
cures for the afflicted and hope to those who love and care for them.
  The 21st Century Cures Act also provides tens of billions of dollars 
more in research funds to accelerate promising cancer research in our 
Nation's leading cancer centers, including Buffalo's Roswell Park 
Cancer Institute.

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