McCaul Statement on Passage of the 21st Century Cures Act

Statement

Today, following passage of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, Representative Michael McCaul (TX-10) issued the following statement about the bill including two provisions which he spearheaded:

"It's not very often that Congress passes landmark, visionary legislation that has the chance to truly improve and save lives" said McCaul. "The 21st Century Cures Act is one of those rare bills. I congratulate Chairman Upton, Representative DeGette and all of the Members who have worked so tirelessly over the past year on this extraordinary undertaking. The 21st Century Cures Act will reverse the decade-long decline in much-needed federal investments in biomedical research at the National Institute of Health. It also includes two provisions I am especially proud of -- one to incentivize the development of new treatments for children with rare pediatric diseases through the reauthorization of the Creating Hope Act, and another which includes key provisions of the Andrea Sloan CURE Act to expand patient access to potentially lifesaving treatments and provide more regulatory certainty for drug innovators that hold them back from participating in the FDA's compassionate use process."

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