Timely Reauthorization of Necessary Stem-Cell Programs Lends Access to Needed Therapies Act of 2021

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Mr. PALLONE. 941.

Mr. Speaker, the C.W. Bill Young Transplant Program and the National Cord Blood Inventory Program facilitate lifesaving bone marrow and umbilical cord blood donations to help patients suffering from blood cancers, disorders, and diseases.

These critical programs assist transplant patients by providing additional information about bone marrow and cord blood transplants, maintaining an efficient process for identifying donor matches, and increasing the number of unrelated donors available for transplant. The programs also collect data and expand research to improve patient outcomes.

I thank my colleagues--Representatives Matsui, Bilirakis, and Pingree--for their bipartisan leadership on this bill, and I would urge my colleagues to support H.R. 941.
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Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I also urge support for the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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