{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://susanwbrooks.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/21st-century-cures-heads-to-the-president-s-desk", "21st Century Cures Heads to the Presidents Desk", "2016-12-09", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "IN", "Susan Brooks", "B001284", "susanwbrooks.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The House passed 21st\u00a0Century Cures.\u00a0\nThe Senate passed 21st\u00a0Century Cures.\u00a0\nUp Next: The President\u2019s Desk!After two overwhelmingly bipartisan votes, 21st\u00a0Century Cures is\u00a0headed to the President\u2019s desk.\nThe excitement felt by the People\u2019s House is palpable. As\u00a0Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) says, \u201cAfter three years, our legislative work is finally complete. 21st Century Cures is ready for the president. With this innovation game-changer, a new day for medical research is on the horizon\u2026We all have more reason for hope.\u201d\nAnd Chairman Upton isn\u2019t the only one excited about the possibilities that come with Cures:\n Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) recently penned an\u00a0op-ed published online for \u00a0The Hill\u00a0outlining why we are so proud of Cures and what it can do for the American people:Brooks says 21st\u00a0Century Cures is a real plan to\u00a0\u201cencourage scientific collaboration to find cures fast and ensure that once these life-saving treatments are discovered, there is a modern, streamlined process for developing them and delivering them to patients, like the more than 37 million people diagnosed with cancer, Alzheimer\u2019s and other rare diseases.\u201d\n\tRep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN), whose experience as a doctor led him to support Cures,\u00a0writes, \u201cAs a physician, I treated patients for more than 30 years. \u2026During that time, a majority of the children with cancer I treated as a young medical student died because of their disease. Today, almost 90 percent of those children live because of advances we\u2019ve made in scientific research to treat and cure diseases. But we have more work to do. I\u2019ve experienced first-hand what a devastating, incurable disease can do to a family. There are 10,000 known conditions and diseases, and we only have cures and treatments for 500 of them. Chances are, all of us know and love someone who has been diagnosed with an incurable, untreatable illness.\u201d\n\tOne of the key provisions of Cures was the\u00a0Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, which addresses mental health concerns.Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), a staunch advocate for the mental health components of Cures, went on New Day to celebrate passage.\u00a0Here, he explains why intervention, strategic programs, and solid funding are key to helping people facing life with mental illnesses.\n\t\"There is no shortage of people who would benefit from 21st Century Cures,\u201d\u00a0says Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). \u201cOur goal is not to provide life-long treatment, but to find life-saving cures. This historic, bipartisan legislation is a sign to the American people that we\u2019ve embraced the moonshot. We\u2019re proving to the 14 million cancer patients, the 25 million adults with chronic pain, and the 5 million with Alzheimer\u2019s in the United States that we won\u2019t accept wishful thinking or \u2018maybe next year\u2019 anymore. Because for the parents, siblings, and children facing a disease without a cure, there isn\u2019t time for maybes.\u201d\n As 21st Century Cures heads to the president\u2019s desk, we invite you to follow along on gop.gov.\u00a0Tomorrow, Chairman Upton will deliver the Weekly Republican Address\u00a0\u2014 here\u2019s a sneak peek from this \u00a0\u00a0leading force behind 21st Century Cures,\u00a0\u201cPatients needed an innovation game-changer, and we have it with 21st Century Cures. The landmark legislation will accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of safe new cures and treatments. For families across the country, this legislation to help deliver #CuresNow marks a renewed dawn of hope.\u201d\u00a0Since the beginning, Chairman Upton listened and advocated for patients and researchers and their stories.Watch the Weekly Republican Address tomorrow, December 10,\u00a0by visiting House Republicans on Facebook.", 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": ["http://susanwbrooks.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/21st-century-cures-heads-to-the-president-s-desk"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6178539954125881, "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"}