{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20141107191758/http://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/weekly-columns?ContentRecord_id=a2ef7651-388b-47fc-835f-449a6c9ed3e3", "Finding a Cure for Alzheimer's Disease", "2014-11-07", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "AR", "John Boozman", "B001236", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Every 67 seconds someone in the United States develops Alzheimer's. This irreversible brain disease slowly destroys one\u2019s memory, cognitive thinking capability and ability to perform daily life skills. While nearly two-thirds of Alzheimer\u2019s patients are women, this disease can affect anyone.\u00a0\nLegendary Arkansas football coach Frank Broyles knows first-hand the devastating impact of Alzheimer\u2019s. After his wife Barbara lost her battle with Alzheimer\u2019s in 2004, Coach Broyles made it his life\u2019s mission to advocate for a cure and educate Americans on caring for loved ones suffering with Alzheimer\u2019s. He wrote the \"Coach Broyles' Playbook for Alzheimer's Caregivers\" based on his family\u2019s experience caring for Barbara. His personal experience of how he first found out about Barbara\u2019s illness, his family\u2019s roll as a caregiver and the impact her death has had on his life has been beneficial on a number of fronts, from raising awareness and education to securing funding to develop a cure. His book was translated into numerous languages and distributed across the country.\u00a0\nMillions of families can identify with Coach Broyles\u2019 story. More than five million Americans are living with the disease and millions more are caregivers for their loved ones. There is a genuine concern that as the population ages, this will become a real epidemic. The current rate of growth of Alzheimer\u2019s threatens our ability to find a cure, treat and care for these patients. As the population ages, the number of people diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s after age 65 may more than triple from 5 million to as many as 16 million.\u00a0\nThis is why we recognize November as National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month. Congress took important steps to addressing this crisis by approving the National Alzheimer\u2019s Project Act (NAPA). \u00a0This requires the creation of a national strategic plan to address the rapidly escalating Alzheimer\u2019s disease crisis.\u00a0\nAs a member of the Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer\u2019s Disease, I am committed to fighting for continued funding for Alzheimer\u2019s research. That\u2019s why I cosponsored legislation that would require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to submit an annual budget to meet the goal of preventing and treating Alzheimer\u2019s disease by 2025. This would allow researchers and scientists to directly tell Congress what resources are needed to accomplish NAPA\u2019s goals.\u00a0\nArkansans regularly meet with me to talk about the importance of Alzheimer\u2019s research. Many of these individuals have personally been impacted by this disease and like Coach Broyles, understand the challenges of taking care of family members with Alzheimer\u2019s. Members of the Arkansas Alzheimer\u2019s Association actively raise awareness and advocate for additional funding for research.\u00a0\nLike these Arkansans, I believe that we must make finding a cure for Alzheimer\u2019s a national priority. One study suggests that research leading to treatments that delay the onset of Alzheimer\u2019s would lead to an annual savings of more than $400 billion by 2050. Continued outreach and research of Alzheimer\u2019s disease is important to the future of families and our country. I remain committed to fight against this disease and look forward to continuing my work on important legislation that will help make research, treatments and, ultimately, a cure available.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20141107191758/http://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/weekly-columns?ContentRecord_id=a2ef7651-388b-47fc-835f-449a6c9ed3e3"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8340019267052412, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}