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21st Century Cures Act

Floor Speech

Date: July 10, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

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Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, we have all heard the phrase ``if you have your health, you have everything.''

But for many who are suffering from debilitating diseases or caring for a family member with one, their ability to pursue life, liberty, and happiness is interrupted.

Mr. Speaker, the reason entitlement spending is so vast in this country is because we have diseases and conditions requiring countless dollars.

We are America, the greatest country in the world. We have big ideas, and we want to provide the best future for our children and our grandchildren.

The 21st Century Cures Act is just one of those big ideas that will produce numerous benefits for everyone. And for fiscal conservatives like myself, we should appreciate this bill and its passage with overwhelming support.

In our healthcare system, we diagnose disease, we treat symptoms, and we have thousands of new seniors on Medicare every day that we must take care of. The passage of this 21st Century Cures Act is a definitive way to take care of every American family.

Today we waged war on disease.

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