The 21st Century Cancer Access to Life-Saving Early detection, Research and Treatment (ALERT) Act is a bill to re-engage the war on cancer. The bill was introduced by Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Kay Bailey Hutchison on March 26, 2009. The bill has not yet been enacted into law.
Both Republican and Democrat
On September 27, 2007, President George W. Bush signed the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 into law. This new law is an important step for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It reviewed, expanded, and reaffirmed several existing pieces of legislation regulating the FDA. These changes will allow the FDA access to much-needed resources that will enable the agency to better protect American consumers by allowing more comprehensive reviews of potential new drugs and devices.[1]
The Prescription Drug User Fee Act was first enacted in 1992 to allow the FDA to collect “user fees” from biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Since then, it has been reauthorized three times; first in 1997, then 2002, and most recently with the passage of the FDAAA in 2007. The purpose of these fees is to provide resources to the FDA that help them more effectively review potential new drugs.[2] The most recent reauthorization will further expand on the previous policy. It aims to broaden and upgrade the drug safety program, allocate more resources for television advertising, and theoretically allow the FDA to more efficiently review and approve safe and effective new drugs for consumers.[3] Since the original inception of the act, skeptics have raised concerns that this act means that the FDA is partially funded by the industry it regulates
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE SIGNING OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
The South Lawn
2:50 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you so much.
Thank you very much for that wonderful introduction, Merit, and thank you for the courage of your example.
I want to begin by recognizing the members of Congress who are here who worked on this so hard. In addition to Senators Kassebaum and Kennedy, we have Senator John Breaux, Senator Bill Cohen, Senator Byron Dorgan, Senator Carl Levin, Congressman Mike Bilirakis, Congressman John Conyers, Congressman Harris Fawell and Congressman Dennis Hastert, Congressman David Hobson and Congressman Bill Thomas. I thank all of them for their work on this. (Applause.)
Bill Clinton portability.html
If one bothers to look at legislative history over the years they will find that both parties have had their fair share of impact on legislation in matters of healthcare in this nation. To make a the claim that the GOP has done nothing while the Democrats have done all the work is complete nonsense and nothing but a line to whip up the party base. If anyone cared to watch them the committee hearings that went on and on had several GOP members in them and in fact the bill that is being debated contains many GOP Amendments, so the claim the GOP has done nothing is completely false. Where the seperation occurs is when the bills from the various committees were merged it was done so without GOP participation and behind closed doors and the product that emerged was not what the GOP could support, so therefor you have the seperation. So this claim of having some sort of moral high ground on healthcare matters is total nonsense by one party or the other.
Both Republican and Democrat
On September 27, 2007, President George W. Bush signed the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 into law. This new law is an important step for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It reviewed, expanded, and reaffirmed several existing pieces of legislation regulating the FDA. These changes will allow the FDA access to much-needed resources that will enable the agency to better protect American consumers by allowing more comprehensive reviews of potential new drugs and devices.[1]
The Prescription Drug User Fee Act was first enacted in 1992 to allow the FDA to collect “user fees” from biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Since then, it has been reauthorized three times; first in 1997, then 2002, and most recently with the passage of the FDAAA in 2007. The purpose of these fees is to provide resources to the FDA that help them more effectively review potential new drugs.[2] The most recent reauthorization will further expand on the previous policy. It aims to broaden and upgrade the drug safety program, allocate more resources for television advertising, and theoretically allow the FDA to more efficiently review and approve safe and effective new drugs for consumers.[3] Since the original inception of the act, skeptics have raised concerns that this act means that the FDA is partially funded by the industry it regulates
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE SIGNING OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
The South Lawn
2:50 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you so much.
Thank you very much for that wonderful introduction, Merit, and thank you for the courage of your example.
I want to begin by recognizing the members of Congress who are here who worked on this so hard. In addition to Senators Kassebaum and Kennedy, we have Senator John Breaux, Senator Bill Cohen, Senator Byron Dorgan, Senator Carl Levin, Congressman Mike Bilirakis, Congressman John Conyers, Congressman Harris Fawell and Congressman Dennis Hastert, Congressman David Hobson and Congressman Bill Thomas. I thank all of them for their work on this. (Applause.)
Bill Clinton portability.html
If one bothers to look at legislative history over the years they will find that both parties have had their fair share of impact on legislation in matters of healthcare in this nation. To make a the claim that the GOP has done nothing while the Democrats have done all the work is complete nonsense and nothing but a line to whip up the party base. If anyone cared to watch them the committee hearings that went on and on had several GOP members in them and in fact the bill that is being debated contains many GOP Amendments, so the claim the GOP has done nothing is completely false. Where the seperation occurs is when the bills from the various committees were merged it was done so without GOP participation and behind closed doors and the product that emerged was not what the GOP could support, so therefor you have the seperation. So this claim of having some sort of moral high ground on healthcare matters is total nonsense by one party or the other.
So Jake can't answer your challenge without admitting his claim has a flaw.
