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,,repres5tatives  ,septemb] #ae1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,c>son 7= himself1 ,mr4       
,fitzpatrick1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4       
,smuck]1 & ,ms4 ,del,bene7 submitt$ !   
foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to !    
,committee on ,en]gy & ,comm]ce         
,,resolution  ,recogniz+ ! contributions
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,rese>* ,week f ,septemb] #ae ?r\gh     
,septemb] #ai1 #bjbe4  ,:]eas !         
contributions ( m$ical rese>* h l$ to   
break?r\gh discov]ies sav+ lives1       
improv+ heal? outcomes = pati5ts &      
communities1 secur+ global              
competitiv5ess 9 sci5ce1 boo/+ job      
creation1 educat+ ! next g5]ation (     
sci5ti/s1 & /r5g!n+ economic gr[?2      
,:]eas m$ical rese>*1 ?r\gh ! support ( 
! ,national ,in/itutes ( ,heal? 7,,nih71
 s]ves a vital & unique role 9 ! ,unit$ 
,/ates rese>* ent]prise1 lead+ to       
cutt+-edge prev5tative /rategies &      
rese>* = treatm5ts & cures = long/&+    

*all5ges l canc]1 ,alzheim]'s1 he>t     
disease1 sickle cell1 obesity1 & ! m5tal
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?reats l yet unkn[n infecti\s diseases2 
,:]eas ,,nih fund+ has support$         
g5]ations ( m$ical rese>*]s & _!        
in/itutions includ+ ov] #cjj1jjj        
non-,f$]al sci5ti/s & te*nical p]sonnel 
at m ?an #b1ejj m$ical s*ools1 rese>*   
univ]sities1 & facilities2 ,:]eas       
,,nih-support$ m$ical rese>* plays a    
prim>y role 9--  7#a7 conduct+ rese>* t 
is too exp5sive & too risky = private   
indu/ry to und]take alone2 &  7#b7      
support+ noncomm]cial f\ndational &     
cl9ical rese>* fund$ & c\pl$ ) private  
sector innovation1 :i* has l$ to major  
a*ievem5ts 9 ! und]/&+ ( r>e diseases & 
disord]s1 z well z hi/orically preval5t 
diseases l amyotrophic lat]al scl]osis  
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m$ical supplies & rese>* equipm5t1 boo/s

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manufactur]s & suppli]s across ! c\ntry 
& into _m ,unit$ ,/ates t]ritories1     
g5]at+ ne>ly #ic1jjj1jjj1jjj 9 new      
economic activity & supports            
approximately #dab1jjj jobs across !    
,unit$ ,/ates 9 fiscal ye> #bjbc alone2 
,:]eas robu/ inve/m5t 9 dome/ic m$ical  
rese>* ensures self-reliance1 safegu>d+ 
,am]ican lives & national int]e/s f o!r 
global competitors2 ,:]eas if ! ,unit$  
,/ates c$es gr\nd 9 develop+ cutt+-edge 
!rapies & next-g5]ation cures1 we risk  
compromis+ our heal? security & /rategic
 autonomy2 & ,:]eas ! ,,nih s]ves n only
 z a m$ical rese>* ag5cy improv+ ! heal?
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job creator1 driv] ( economic gr[?1 !   
premi] global m$ical rese>*             
organization1 & a vital lead] 9 curb+ ! 
,nation's so>+ heal? c>e co/s3 ,n[1     
!re=e1 be x  ,t ! ,h\se (               
,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 supports !       
designation ( ,m$ical ,rese>* ,week2    
7#b7 affirms ! unique & critical impact 

( m$ical rese>* on improv+ ! heal? &    
well-be+ ( pati5ts & communities        
nationwide2  7#c7 recognizes !          
importance ( ensur+ /rong ,f$]al annual 
fund+ = ! ,national ,in/itutes ( ,heal? 
7,,nih7 t supports m$ical rese>* & !    
discov]y ( cutt+-edge treatm5ts & cures1
 ma9ta9s global competitiv5ess1 &       
/r5g!ns economic gr[?2 &  7#d7 enc\rages
 ! p ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates to recognize !   
critical role ( m$ical rese>* 9 improv+ 
! heal? ( all l$ by ! ,,nih & p]=m$ 9   
in/itutions locat$ ?r\gh\t ! c\ntry4