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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 09:11 AM Dec 2016

Weekly Address: Pass the 21st Century Cures Act

Source: White House

In this week's address, President Obama highlighted the 21st Century Cures Act, a bill in Congress that could help us find a cure for Alzheimer's, end cancer as we know it, and help those who are seeking treatment for opioid addiction.

This week, the House passed the bill overwhelmingly with bipartisan support – and the President called on the Senate to do the same when they vote in a few days. Because that's what this is all about: coming to a compromise based on the belief that we should seize every chance we have to find cures as soon as possible.





Read more: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/12/03/weekly-address-pass-21st-century-cures-act



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K&R BumRushDaShow Dec 2016 #1

BumRushDaShow

(128,748 posts)
1. K&R
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 02:17 PM
Dec 2016

I know this CURES bill might be a big deal assuming they fund it appropriately, due to other things in there. I know Congress has been working on it for some time (even before Biden's "Moonshoot Cancer effort".

Thanks for the dedicated posting!

I was counting down the number of these left under this current administration and it's not much - I think about 7 more. I have no interest in listening to what Drumpf might say once he is inaugurated - assuming he even continues this tradition.

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