so again, i would not want it overpromise and underdeliver but i believe we can put the stake in the ground and say this is the time we need to move on this. >> okay. anyone else? we have a question up here? >> hi. i was just reading your literature about the women's health initiative and kind of the advances you've had in dealing with breast cancer. i was wondering if you could comment on the work you were doing there, how you can leverage what you're trying to do with immuno therapy and bring down instances of breast cancer. >> thank you for that question, ryan. the women's health initiative is a fantastic study and it is another example of how we at the hutch are focussing not just on how do we treat kearns but how do we prevent cancer. it is much better to prevent cancer than it is to treat it. and the human pap loama vaccine is one outstanding cam many of that. the women's health study was funded by the government. funded 160,000 people who have been followed more than a decade and led to remarkable vapss adv in understanding women's health at large and how we can understand can

it overpromises and underdelivers. and some of the aspects of it, the troubling aspects, off-label drugs and special favors for contributors when it comes to medical treatment are just out of place in this. if we didn't learn any lesson in this last election about drank the swamp, well, -- about draining the swamp, well, shame on us because the american people told us do it differently, do it openly, bring in transparency and honesty in this effort, and when it comes to medical research, we should expect nothing less. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: mr. president, i'm delighted to join my colleagues from massachusetts and illinois to express strong objections to the 21st century cures bill. a bill that's being considered in the house today and will be considered here in the senate. this bill proceeds to make effective $6.3 billion in cuts to programs, while laying out a vision of what might possibly be spent in the future to assist