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Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 19, 2018
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

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Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Senate amendment to H.R. 6615, the Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018, led by Congressman Pascrell and Congressman Rooney.

This legislation would reauthorize programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that would work to reduce the incidence of traumatic brain injury in the United States.

These programs also help improve our understanding of the prevention and treatment of traumatic brain injuries through surveillance efforts.

This reauthorization would expand upon existing efforts to reauthorize CDC to establish a new national concussion surveillance system to determine the prevalence and the incidence of concussions in the United States. I commend the sponsors of this bill and the work they have done.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, in closing, I again encourage Members to support this legislation. As was indicated, it has taken a long 20 years to achieve this success. Hopefully, we can support this and provide, again, a great initiative on behalf of those who suffer from traumatic brain injury.

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