and the n.i.h. apply these new innovations to our regulatory process has lagged behind. these agencies and the rules and regs that they produce affecting the discovery, development, and delivery of lifesaving drugs and devices also desperately need modernization and innovation. they need a game-changer. and now we have it. the house and senate have passed this bipartisan legislation which will ensure our health system can keep pace with incredible advances in science and technology. we break down regulatory barriers and expedite the approvals for safe drugs and devices coupled with billions for more research, including the beau biden cancer moonshot. we also provide critical funding to the f.d.a. so that they have all the tools they need to ensure the safety of these news drugs and devices. a former head of the national cancer institute and f.d.a. has called this "the most transformational biomedical legislation in the past 40 years." he's right. but this package is not just about cures. it also includes valuable resources to fight the opioid epidemic that's impacting eve

out of that came the office of women's health at n.i.h. and then out of that came the famous hormone replacement study that dr. healey championed. and then we were helped to get money in the federal checkbook. one study changed medical practice and lowered breast cancer rates in this country by 15%. wow. that's what working together does, to try to save lives a million at the at a time. that was on women's health. and then as we saw just the growing concerns about the issue of the high cost of college, that the first mortgage many of our kids are facing is their student loans, working together on the other side of the aisle, we created the americorps, making sure we enable people to be able to be of service to their country and earn a voucher to pay down their student loans. and then there was a roundtable where i met with parents of special needs children, and a mother asked me to change the law from retardation to intellectual disability because she was being bullied. well, i came back here and drafted legislation. and again, on the other

secondly, another important part of the n.i.h. section of the cures act is the national pediatric research network inspired by the pediatric research improvement act that i was happy to cosponsor with senator brown earlier this year. senator brown and i have been working together tirelessly to see n.i.h. implement the national pediatric research network. and i'm glad to see that this provision in the bill very simply, the goal is to expand access to clinical trials and treatments for children, especially those with rare diseases. so that is a second aspect of this cures bill that i'm so pleased to see the leadership of this committee being attentive to. and then also, thirdly, this bill makes major breakthroughs in the way we approve drugs in this country. and i'm pleased that language from another bill that i cosponsored, the patient-focused impact assessment act, was included in the bill. this section of the cures bill would ensure that patients understand the way f.d.a. considers the patient experience and the way f.d.a. conside

so let's sit down and talk science with the n.i.h. and others so that research works for everyone in an ethical and moral way. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from mississippi reserves. >> may i inquire as to how much time is remaining. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi has 14 minutes. and the gentlewoman from illinois has 21 1/2 minutes. >> reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi reserves. the gentlelady from illinois is recognized. ms. schakowsky: now i'd like to invite another distinguished member of our panel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. for how much time? ms. schakowsky: for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. mrs. watson coleman: thank you. i'm disappointed that we're here today asking the american taxpayers to waste another $800,000 on an unnecessary, dangerous inquisition. this select panel was formed based on fraudulent videos created b

renaming the n.i.h.'s cancer initiatives in this bill after beau biden. mr. reid: mr. esident, will the senator yield? mr. mcconnell: if i can say to my friend, the democratic leader, i have one more. thank you. so, therefore, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of h. con. res. 174 which is at the desk. the vice president: the clerk will report. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 174 directing the clerk of the house of representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of h.r. 34. the vice president: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i call up an amendment which would rename a title of the bill. i would say to the clerk i would like for her to read the entire thing. the vice president: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from kentucky mr. mcconnell for himself and mr. reid proposes an amendment numbered 5137. beginning on page 1, line 7, strike following correction and all that follows and insert the following: following corrections. one, amend the

when you add in the n.i.h. federal grants if it's a significant consequence.and sister-in-law are both graduates of emory. some of these people who attend these schools who are undocumented or illegal aliens. take your choice. might have come to the country when they were children. no choice their own. under the current federal program they can be here and become legal through the dream act. but president-elect trump said he would rescind that. these -- they are undocumented, they are illegal aliens, but they came here not their own choice when they were children, but they are here now. wouldn't they be an asset to society and shouldn't universities as long as there is a legal path to citizenship, shouldn't we be working to keep them here? >> if that's the law, that's one thing. what if the bank robber turned around and gave his funds to charity and only kept half for himself? adam: i think you can make a valid argument about defying federal law. the parent of the bank robber did not bring them to the united states. the colleges with the sanctuary movement use

it will require the n.i.h. to release periodically a strategic plan outlining how the agencies will meet, its mission statement, and it will provide us with important guidance and metrics as we continue to work together to increase this vital funding. it will also help to ensure that study populations in colin rabble -- in clinical research are more representative of the diverse population in our country. for example, women face many of the same health threats as men, such as heart disease and cancer, but they react differently to various treatments. i remember, mr. president, years ago an infamous study that was called mr. fit, it had only men enrolled in it. i believe, if memory serves me correctly, it was to look at heart disease. well, women have different symptoms often of heart disease than do men, and they respond differently to different medications, therapies and treatment. we also know that women are at higher risk for certain chronic health conditions like alzheimer's disease and osteoporosis. they s

the f.d.a. for moving research through n.i.h., to make sure that positive research taken place with drugs and medical devices and not get bogged down in bureaucracy. he's worked in that for a couple of years. passed the house before and now renegotiated some things and moving it forward. as parts of that package, we also included my bill to helping families in mental healthy crisis act. it passed 22-2. but they have a whole different amendment process over there the senate which bogged down the bills. so there was a number of things that took place. the content of the bills and now, we've passed it this week including the cancer moonshoot

a cancer researcher working at the n.i.h. and lose your right eye to a cancer. >> exactly.so, you know, losing that eye affected my depth perception and made it so that i couldn't operate as a surgeon, so i retrained in internal medicine and medical oncology, and then i came back and started kind of a related but somewhat new line of research which is what i'm doing now. >> sreenivasan: find that online at >> sreenivasan: you can find that on our facebook page. that's facebook.com/newshour. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm hari sreenivasan. join us online, and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc captioned by media acc

out of that came the office of women's health at n.i.h. and then out of that came the famous hormone replacement study that dr. healey championed. and then we were helped to get money in the federal checkbook. one study changed medical practice and lowered breast cancer rates in this country by 15%. wow. that's what working together does, to try to save lives a million at the at a time. that was on women's health. and then as we saw just the growing concerns about the issue of the high cost of college, that the first mortgage many of our kids are facing is their student loans, working together on the other side of the aisle, we created the americorps, making sure we enable people to be able to be of service to their country and earn a voucher to pay down their student loans. and then there was a roundtable where i met with parents of special needs children, and a mother asked me to change the law from retardation to intellectual disability because she was being bullied. well, i came back here and drafted legislation. and again, on the other

when i reached tout fight for women to be included in the n.i.h. protocols, thrurp to help me -- you were there to help me. when i reached out to fight against the skim parliamentary inquiry and smart money for breast cancer research, you were there to help me. when we organized the women of the senate, the democratic women, to fight then bush on the privatizing of the social security, when we said we shouldn't rely on the bull of political promises while we feared a bear market, you joined right there with us, side by side, shoulder to shoulder. whether it was equal pay for equal work or so many issues, you were always there when we called upon you. and you were always of such just tremendous help. and i was also there to try to help you. i remember a day in the mid-1990's when i got a call from you. maybe you remember that, but i remember that. you said you really wanted to stop violence against women. you knew of my social work background, my advocacy for what was then called battered wivment and you you said, can you help me kind of go over this

when i reached tout fight for women to be included in the n.i.h. protocols, thrurp to help me -- you were there to help me. when i reached out to fight against the skim parliamentary inquiry and smart money for breast cancer research, you were there to help me. when we organized the women of the senate, the democratic women, to fight then bush on the privatizing of the social security, when we said we shouldn't rely on the bull of political promises while we feared a bear market, you joined right there with us, side by side, shoulder to shoulder. whether it was equal pay for equal work or so many issues, you were always there when we called upon you. and you were always of such just tremendous help. and i was also there to try to help you. i remember a day in the mid-1990's when i got a call from you. maybe you remember that, but i remember that. you said you really wanted to stop violence against women. you knew of my social work background, my advocacy for what was then called battered wivment and you you said, can you help me kind of go over this

and even if this bill passes, funding for the n.i.h. this year will still be roughly $7 billion less than what it was in 2004. meanwhile over the same time period, just to put this in context, the top 1% has received over a trillion dollars in tax breaks. in other words, we cannot fund the agencies who are trying to find cures for diseases, but we can give unbelievably significant tax breaks to the 1%. madam president, let me very briefly give you a few major reasons why this bill should be defeated. number one, as i said a moment ago, the most important prescription drug-related crisis facing our country right now is the skyrocketing price of prescription drugs. this bill does not even deal with that issue. how can we talk about a bill dealing with the pharmaceutical industry without addressing the elephant in the room? the fact that we pay the highest prices in the world for medicine and in many cases those costs are soaring. in america today, one out of five people between the ages of 19 and 64 cannot afford to fill their prescription

that's funneling $4.5 billion to the n.i.h. and drug companies and decrease the f.d.a.ally puts up for approvals. i want it both ways. it's a billion dollars to create a drug in the pipeline. drug companies will tell you if you drive down our prices too much we won't be able to compete. we don't need epipen coming up with a 400% increase. stuart: can't you get -- get the lawyers out of this? every new drug that comes on the market is sued. can't you do something about that. >> a lot of those lawsuits get settled for billions of dollars answer they never go anywhere. the same thing in the medical situation. get the lawyers out. the head of h.h.s. is a litigator. we are getting a new head that's a physician. how about that? >> why are all you doctors and lawyers vote democrat? >> are you look at me? >> i believe we'll get more choice and competition now. it will be great for the doctor's office. i'm a happy guy. if i wrote in the "wall street journal" this week. i'm very, very happy about this. stuart: did i say sounds the trumpets? microsoft hits an all-time record high

holly and her team at the n.i.h. and my molly fishman as well. i want to thank my colleagues for the time and thanks for the leadership and thanks for the opportunity to do something to improve the lives of these children living with cancer and their parents who are advocating for them. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california yields back. the gentlewoman from california reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. r. burgess: i'm pleased to recognize for two minutes the gentleman from georgia, mr. carter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. carter: i rise today in support of h.r. 3381, the childhood cancer star act, which would allow the national institutes of health and the department of health and human services to expand their efforts to research treatments and care for childhood cancer patients. children, thousands of are diagnosed with cancer and far too many children are lost to this horrible disease. ildhood cancer survivors and families face families face an uphill b

when i reached tout fight for women to be included in the n.i.h. to help me -- you were there to help me. when i reached out to fight against the skim parliamentary inquiry and smart money for breast cancer research, you were there to help me. when we organized the women of the senate, the democratic women, to fight then bush on the privatizing of the social security, when we said we shouldn't rely on the bull of political promises while we feared a bear market, you joined right there with us, side by side, shoulder to shoulder. whether it was equal pay for equal work or so many issues, you were always there when we called upon you. and you were always of such just tremendous help. and i was also there to try to help you. i remember a day in the mid-1990's when i got a call from you. maybe you remember that, but i remember that. you said you really wanted to stop violence against women. you knew of my social work background, my advocacy for what was then called battered wivment and you you said, can you help me kind of go over this legislation to ma

i'm disappointed that the funding levels for n.i.h. were cut even futter and -- further and the investment is no longer mandatory. i take the republican colleague at their word that they will be appropriated in the years ahead. i'm also pleased that this legislation includes it removes coverage for children covered by medicaid. mental health proposals don't go nearly far enough. parity is already the law thanks to addiction equity lact and the affordable care ack. but each study we read, mr. speaker, each story that we hear prove that insurance companies are skirting those rules. instead of further guidance or meetings or studies carried out years down the road, we need enforcement and transparency today. we need random awe ditz before there had been violation, not after. we need insurers to disclose the rates and reasons for denials in a way that patients and their families can understand. not in a way that mental health advocates can't even obtain. we need to increase medicaid reimbursements. and we need to appreciate the difference t

two, amend the section heading for section 1001 so as to read, beau biden, cancer moonshot and n.i.h. innovation projects. three, amend the table of contents in section 1 so that the item relating to section 1001 reads as follows: 1001, beau biden, cancer moonshot and n.i.h. innovation projects. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the amendment be agreed to, the concurrent resolution as amended be agreed toened a the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the vice president: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president? the vice president: the democratic leader. mr. reid: i see all my colleagues. the presiding officer served in the senate for 36 years. during the time he was here, he was about as much a man of the senate as anyone could be. he was a democrat, but he was also available to anybody any time, and i so admire him. i know that he's worked very closely with the republican leader on some very important issues in the last eight years. so i want the record to be spread with the fact that the presiding officer, proud of his family as anyone coul

the year of 2000, i co-founded, the autism caucus and alzheimer's caucus, i wrote three laws which not only provides $1.3 billion for autism for research at c.d.c. and n.i.h. and looks at the aging-out issue. and we are not ready. law enforcement is not ready to deal with severely autistic church who when you approach them need a certain approach so they don't react violently especially if they have a sense of threat. as the distinguished chairman said, 49%, about 50% of autistic children wander. nearly 100 children since 2011 who have died, two of them are named in this bill, named after the -- the bill is named after them who drowned. a benign tracking system that is not invasive, there is no storage other than for the prevention of injury and there is no national storage, you ask your colleagues, your local sheriffs and law enforcement about the lifesaving program. some have it, some dornt. they go out and about one half ur of an alzheimer's patient or autistic patient being lost, they find them. those who die are left unfounded in 12, 14, 24 hours and not only get hurt themselves but could hurt other people. about 6 to% of the autistic community wande

the investments that it takes is actually small. so what is n.i.h. is $30 billion. the health care is $3 trillion. these are rounding errors. each company has capacity to build these partnerships with universities in ways that can be amazingly transformational for every single individual. if we don't do that, though, we don't have a chance to really expand this at the rate and speed we want to. universities have a lot of real estate. we are starting to share that with business partners and bring them in. we have this capacity to do it. we are at this moment where a little bit, specially given the willingness to reach across the sectors, seems to be at a point that it really could escalate but it needs that intention that i think meetings like this give us when we come together and talk about it. >> jim, in terms of what you would want to see in terms of emphasis and investment and moving forward, from the private sector, government sector, in terms of partnership, what do you want to see and what do you expect to see? i think r.c.o. said it earlier today, that innova

the former vice president of the united states heading up all the efforts where we can keep the attention on n.i.h., so it doesn't go from a level rocking along about 24 billion, 25 billion and the stimulus shoots it up to in the first two years of the vice president's office, up to $30 billion a year, and then it drops down to $24 billion, $25 billion, and dr. francis collins has to cancel 700 of the medical research grants that he has already issued. because we have the moonshot headed by joe biden, we are going to find the cure for all those kinds of cancers. that is the great legacy that the vice president of the united states will have. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the vice president: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: mr. president, i rise in honor of your service, and i just want to tell my favorite joe biden story. this is a story that the vice president has heard me tell, but i want it on record because everyone should know this story. and it's a story of an interaction between our vice president on one of the most important days in his life and a young m

the national institutes of health. it also provides that every one dollar of n.i.h. funding generates $2.21 in economic growth and jobs. it will deal with the curing of diseases and developing research that will help save lives. this legislation before us allows for the creation of an innovation fund through the national institutes of health so we can design the ways of curing disease of helping children and seniors and helping people who are dealing with incureable disease. the cures act is an act of the 21st century and thank you to mr. upton and ms. did he get. i serve as an original co-sponsor. it will save lives. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields. are there any other requests for one-minute speeches? under the speaker's announced policy of january , 2015, the gentleman from texas, mr. green, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i'm honored to stand before the house tonight to commemorate and celebrate the life of my former chief of staff, ms. jacqueline elli

one of the key things she'll be remembered for is her tireless support of n.i.h. i know they will miss her and her commitment to the principles and values that guided her through her career from her service on the baltimore city council to her work in the house of representatives and then in the united states senate. she made a difference everywhere she served, and for that reason and many, many more she will never be forgotten. my wife diana joins in sending our best wishes to senator mikulski for her years of service. now that her senate adventure h has come to an end she'll undoubtedly come up with more challenges to pursue in the years to come. i'm hoping these plans might include a follow-up to her mystery novel that was set in the senate. we're looking forward to seeing what the amnesty chapter of her life -- what the next chapter of her life may include. good luck to these fellow senators. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, at the end of a congress we all know how easy it is

secondly, the research money, nearly $5 billion for n.i.h. to go looking for a cure for horrific diseases like cancer and alzheimer's will be critical for doing ground breaking work at the mayo clinic and also the university of minnesota, which will be a key to finding a cure for these diseases. the third thing in the bill that maybe hasn't gotten as much attention is the anna weston act. the presiding officer and i worked on that bill together along with senator ayotte and senator baldwin. four women leading a bill and we got it done. that bill has been kicking around for over a decade. it is a bill that actually came out of anna weston's untimely death. the young girl struggled with an eating disorder, eventually died relating to her eating disorder. her mother kitty weston has carried her torch. first gave it to paul wellstone, her senator. paul died way too young in that tragic plane crash. then passed on to senator harkin of iowa. i was on the floor with him, and when senator harkin left, i took over and went across the aisle to get the s

the social security administration. she has supported security missions in places like fort mead, investments -- investments in life-saving research at n.i.h. and discovery at nasa. she authored the very first bill signed by president obama, the lilly ledbetter law, to give women who face pay discrimination their day in court. she started in politics by fighting the plan to build a highway through her beloved neighborhood in fells point. she won that fight and 40 years later she's still waging and winning fights for working families. a few years back, when nasa scientists discovered a new supernova, they named it supernova mikulski. and i know her legacy will always burn bright for maryland and for our country. thank you, senator barb. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? ms. kaptur: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. kaptur: i would like also, as a representative from ohio, but senior woman in the house, to join my remark,s to those of -- remarks to those of former congresswoman and now u.s. senator from maryland, barbara mikulski, in t

n.i.h. through the normal annual appropriations process. we've always given n.i.h. the ability to prioritize their research that could result in the biggest bang for the buck, the most lifesaving opportunities, but obviously the more resources n.i.h. has, the more opportunities they have to find those cures and delays and treatments. this effort also supports the best and brightest among us, those researchers and scientists. i want young kansans to have a future. if they're interested in science and mathematics and engineering and research, i want them to have an opportunity to pursue those careers hopefully in our state. but certainly in this country. and we want the united states of america to continue to be at the forefront of medical research in the realm of science and engineering as well. this is an economic engine for our nation. it can be and is an economic engine for my state and the cures act accelerates those opportunities for young people and others across the country who want to devote their lives toward the noble cause of making life more, longer, great

renaming the n.i.h.'s cancer initiatives in this bill after beau biden. mr. reid: mr. president, will the senator yield? mr. mcconnell: if i can say to my friend, the democratic leader, i have one more. thank you. so, therefore, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of h. con. res. 174 which is at the desk. the vice president: the clerk will report. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 174 directing the clerk of the house of representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of h.r. 34. the vice president: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i call up an amendment which would rename a title of the bill. i would say to the clerk i would like for her to read the entire thing. the vice president: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from kentucky mr. mcconnell for himself and mr. reid proposes an amendment numbered 5137. beginning on page 1, line 7, strike following correction and all that follows and insert the following: following corrections. one, amend t

two, amend the section heading for section 1001 so as to read, beau biden, cancer moonshot and n.i.h. innovation projects. three, amend the table of contents in section 1 so that the item relating to section 1001 reads as follows: 1001, beau biden, cancer moonshot and n.i.h. innovation projects. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the amendment be agreed to, the concurrent resolution as amended be agreed toened a the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the vice president: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president? the vice president: the democratic leader. mr. reid: i see all my colleagues. the presiding officer served in the senate for 36 years. during the time he was here, he was about as much a man of the senate as anyone could be. he was a democrat, but he was also available to anybody any time, and i so admire him. i know that he's worked very closely with the republican leader on some very important issues in the last eight years. so i want the record to be spread with the fact that the presiding officer, proud of his family as anyone coul