Support Innovation, Research, and Lifesaving Cures to Diseases

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Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of innovation, research, and lifesaving cures to diseases that affect every family in every neighborhood of America.

We are set to begin a new era in Washington in January, but we still have the opportunity to accomplish meaningful change before the end of this year. We have the opportunity to save lives by passing the 21st Century Cures Act and getting it signed into law.

For example, right now, each year, 700,000 people die with Alzheimer's disease annually. By 2050, estimates are that our country will spend over $1 trillion alone just to treat patients with Alzheimer's. Yet, we spend just a few hundred million dollars a year on Alzheimer's research.

This weekend, 60 Minutes highlighted an NIH-backed Alzheimer's study and the amazing work our researchers are doing to find a cure for this dreadful disease.

21st Century Cures increases our commitment to studies like these by adding almost $5 billion in new investment for research over the next 10 years.

Mr. Speaker, if we support 21st Century Cures, we not only save lives, but our investment will pay for itself a thousand times over.

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