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Healthcare |
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believe our seniors should not have to decide between medicine
and food. Access to affordable prescription drugs and quality
healthcare is a basic necessity of life for all Americans. I
want individuals to have more freedom and opportunity in their
health care coverage |
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re-importation of prescription drugs has quickly come to the
forefront of providing Americans with quality, affordable drugs.
Davis supports the re-importation of safe, FDA approved drugs
from pre-approved countries. |
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Davis
requested additional funding be allocated for breast cancer
research. Breast cancer is among a leading cause of death among
women. |
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Davis,
a member of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus, has worked with
congressional appropriators and administration officials to
increase funding for diabetes research. |
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Davis
voted for legislation facilitating the use of umbilical-cord-blood
stem cells in biomedical research and in the treatment of disease.
The House approved the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act
of 2005 by a majority vote of 431-1. Davis supports research
into the potential of cord-blood stem cells to advance regenerative
medicine in an ethical way. |
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