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Diana DeGette: “In 2016, I worked on a bipartisan bill to help biomedical…”

Featuring: Diana DeGette, Democratic | U.S. House, Colorado, District 1

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: Candidate Forum _ U.S. Congress, District 1 _ Denver Decides Candidate Forum

Published | Video Starts at 26:15

My first matter of business in the next Congress. I'm likely, if the Democrats win the House, to be the chair of the Health subcommittee. And I've worked on healthcare policy for many years. In 2016, I worked on a bipartisan bill to help biomedical research at the NIH and then device and drug approval at the FDA. 21st century cures. My first bill. I will be working with a Republican partner to expand healthcare research to take advantage of all of the discoveries that we've seen in … (26:15–26:25)

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Claims involvement in a 2016 bipartisan bill to support biomedical research and streamline FDA approvals.

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