{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://yoder.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/video-rep-yoder-touts-21st-century-cures-legislation-on-house-floor", "VIDEO: Rep. Yoder Touts 21st Century Cures Legislation on House Floor", "2016-11-30", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Kevin Yoder", "Y000063", "yoder.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 This afternoon, Representative Kevin Yoder (R-KS) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives about the importance of getting the 21st Century Cures Act signed into law before the 114th Congress adjourns in December. The House has scheduled a vote on the legislation for this evening.\nClick here to watch a video of the speech. Following are Rep. Yoder\u2019s remarks, as prepared for delivery:\n\u201cMr. Speaker, I rise today in support of innovation, research, and life-saving cures to diseases that affect every family in every neighborhood of America.\n\u201cWe are set to begin a new era in Washington soon in January, but we still have the opportunity to accomplish meaningful change before the end of the year. \n\u201cWe have the opportunity to save lives by getting the 21st Century Cures Act signed into law.\n\u201cFor example, right now, each year 700,000 people die with Alzheimer\u2019s disease. \n\u201cBy 2050, estimates are that our country will spend $1.1 trillion to treat patients with Alzheimer\u2019s alone. Yet, we spend just a few hundred million dollars a year on Alzheimer\u2019s research.\n\u201cThis weekend, 60 Minutes highlighted an NIH-backed Alzheimer\u2019s study and the amazing work researchers are doing to find a cure for this dreadful disease. \n\u201c21st Century Cures increases our commitment to studies like these by adding almost $5 billion in new investment for research over the next 10 years.\n\u201cMr. Speaker, if we support 21st Century Cures, we will not only save lives, but our investment will pay for itself one thousand times over.\n###", 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://yoder.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/video-rep-yoder-touts-21st-century-cures-legislation-on-house-floor"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8730560075491667, "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"}