We are fortunate to have the finest doctors, researchers, and hospitals in the world at the Texas Medical Center. As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, my job is to protect taxpayers against unnecessary spending, while ensuring that our scientist and doctors have the resources they need to treat and cure diseases such as cancer and juvenile diabetes. Over the long term, the innovative research being done at the Medical Center is the most effective way to bring down the rising cost of health care.

I am especially passionate about the work of the Alliance for NanoHealth, the first collaborative research effort among Medical Center institutions: University of Texas Health Science Center, MD Anderson, Baylor College of Medicine, Methodist, Rice University, UTMB, University of Houston, and Texas A&M Health Science Center/Institute for Biotechnology. Their work has led to successful clinical trials on the treatment of soft-tissue cancers, such as breast cancer. I have secured over $12 million for the Alliance, and I am confident that their cutting edge work will one day lead to the identification and cure of genetic diseases.

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