Josh Shapiro: “The progress I'm speaking of, of course, is now a $5 million…”

“I was remarking to him that he was able to speak English and translate all of the incredible work you're doing that allowed lawmakers in the governor's office to actually turn this into real progress. And The progress I'm speaking of, of course, is now a $5 million line item in our state budget, which I'm going to fight to increase and continue on year after year after year, to go directly to the kind of research that is happening here at the University of Pittsburgh and other outstanding institutions across Pennsylvania. Neurodegenerative diseases claim far too many lives and impact too many families, and we need to do more research.” (05:52–06:13)

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