House Proceeding 03-30-09 on Mar 30th, 2009 :: 1:27:25 to 1:30:35
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Lois Capps: research. this effort along with efforts at the n.i.h. via the pain consortium l. go a long way towards increasing research and awareness of chronic pain. mr. speaker, i urge members to reserve the balance of my ti. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlemafrom louisiana reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman fromew jersey. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, once again i yield to the gentlewoman

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Speech By: Lois Capps

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Lois Capps: from california, the sponsor of the the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for three minutes. mrs. capps: thank you, mr. speaker. again i thank our chairman of our subcommittee for giving me this time to speak in strong support of house resolution 756. the national pain care policy act. i want to thank our colleague

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Lois Capps: from michigan, mike rogers, for his tireless advocacy on behalf of pain care. it's been several years we have been working together and we have a great deal of gratitude for the vast coalition of organizations who have been supporting this legislation and working so hard on behalf of people with pain who suffer every single day.

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Lois Capps: most americans would be surprised if they understood that the cause of disability, the leading cause of disability in the united states is pain. and that its treatment and management is the -- straining our health care system. americans suffering from chronic

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Lois Capps: pain or from pain as a symptom of another illness faced so many barriers t fortunately, we don't have to remain debilitated by pain because we can take several steps in this legislation to improve the way we research, diagnose, and treat pain. this legislation takes a multifaceted approach to addressing pain.

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Lois Capps: first, it calls on the institute of medicine to convene a conference on pain. the bill will also enable coordination and improvement of pain research at the national institutes of health. this information will then be disseminated to the health community. h.r. 756 will also create a grant program in order to improve traing for health

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Lois Capps: professionals in recognizing and treating pain effectively. and finally, through this legislation, we will initiate a public health awareness campaign so that patients know they do not need to suffer from pain but rather they can seek available treatment options. it is my hope that passage of this bill in the house today will sr the senate to act soon so we can see this bill signed

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Lois Capps: into law before the end of the year. most of us have either suffered from pain ourselves or we have -- in chronic pain as our colleague from the other side said, is pain that doesn't go away for at least 24 hours. that's awfully miserable. either we have experienced that ourselves or we have some family member or loved one that we can think of who would be very much

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Lois Capps: affected in a positive way by passing this legislation. so the sooner we get to work on improving pain care, the sooner we can see relief for the millions of americans suffering from pain every day. again i urge my colleagues to vote yes on house resolution 756. and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from new jersey

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Lois Capps: reserves the balance of his