From U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, this bit of gloating:
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I'm thrilled that we recently passed legislation in the Senate that supports health care priorities that are critical to Virginia. From funding cancer research, to protecting the Affordable Care Act, to helping states administer substance abuse treatment, to combatting Alzheimer's, the bill includes key wins that will help make Virginians healthier.
Specifically, the legislation fully funds the Gabriella Miller Kid's First Pediatric Research Program to work towards a cure for childhood diseases. In 2014, Congress passed bipartisan legislation I championed to create this program, named for 10-year-old Gabriella Miller of Loudoun County who passed away from cancer in October of 2013. We've now allocated $63 million for this important research that will help save lives. I'm grateful that my colleagues joined together again this year to honor Gabriella and her inspiring work as an advocate for pediatric disease research through passage of this legislation.
I'm also relieved that we were able to stop language from being included that could have further damaged the Affordable Care Act. Instead, the bill helps protect Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA. These vital programs have been a lifeline for so many Virginians, and I'll keep doing everything I can to preserve them.
You can read more about the bill here >>
Specifically, the legislation fully funds the Gabriella Miller Kid's First Pediatric Research Program to work towards a cure for childhood diseases. In 2014, Congress passed bipartisan legislation I championed to create this program, named for 10-year-old Gabriella Miller of Loudoun County who passed away from cancer in October of 2013. We've now allocated $63 million for this important research that will help save lives. I'm grateful that my colleagues joined together again this year to honor Gabriella and her inspiring work as an advocate for pediatric disease research through passage of this legislation.
I'm also relieved that we were able to stop language from being included that could have further damaged the Affordable Care Act. Instead, the bill helps protect Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA. These vital programs have been a lifeline for so many Virginians, and I'll keep doing everything I can to preserve them.
You can read more about the bill here >>
Health care is a right, and I remain committed to improving the health care system for all Virginians.
"Those who claim to have been representing me deserved this. And worse.
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