{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2006-12-27-pt1-PgE2241", "2006-12-27", 109, 2, null, null, "PREMATURITY RESEARCH EXPANSION AND EDUCATION FOR MOTHERS WHO DELIVER INFANTS EARLY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2241", "E2241", "[{\"name\": \"Anna G. Eshoo\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "152 Cong. Rec. E2241", "Congressional Record, Volume 152 Issue 136 (Wednesday, December 27, 2006)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 136 (Wednesday, December 27, 2006)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2241]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n PREMATURITY RESEARCH EXPANSION AND EDUCATION FOR MOTHERS WHO DELIVER\n                             INFANTS EARLY\n\n                                 ______\n\n                               speech of\n\n                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO\n\n                             of california\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                        Friday, December 8, 2006\n\n  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, as the Democratic sponsor of this bill, I am\nproud to rise today in strong support of this legislation.\n  Since 1981, the CDC estimates that the number of infants born too\nsoon has increased by over 30 percent. More than 500,000 infants are\nborn prematurely each year. Tragically, premature infants are 14 times\nmore likely to die in their first year of life and premature babies who\nsurvive may suffer lifelong consequences including cerebral palsy,\nmental retardation, chronic lung disease, and vision and hearing loss.\nPreterm delivery can happen to any pregnant woman and in nearly half of\nthe cases, no one knows why.\n  This legislation will help identify the causes of prematurity and\nreduce the episodes of preterm labor and delivery. It also aims to\nreduce the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to\npregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity. But the\noverarching goal of this legislation is to bring hope to the 1,305\nbabies born too soon each day, and extend hope to their families. This\nlegislation gives us a chance to make a difference.\n  The PREEMIE Act requires HHS and the CDC to expand and coordinate\ntheir research activities on preterm labor and delivery and infant\nmortality, and to conduct research on the relationship between\nprematurity, birth defects, and developmental disabilities. In order to\nincrease awareness of preterm birth as a serious, common and costly\npublic health problem, the bill also requires the Surgeon General to\nconduct an expert conference on prematurity and report to Congress its\nrecommendations for how the public and private sectors can identify the\ncauses of and risk factors for preterm labor and delivery, and improve\ntreatments.\n  This bill has the strong endorsement of the March of Dimes, which has\nworked closely with us to craft this legislation. I salute and thank\nthem for their advocacy.\n  This legislation has broad bipartisan support in the House of\nRepresentatives and the Senate. I thank the bill's many cosponsors for\ntheir support and I especially want to pay tribute to the sponsor of\nthis legislation, Congressman Fred Upton, for his leadership on this\nissue. We introduced this bill together in previous Congresses and I'm\nproud to have worked with him to make this bill a reality.\n  I also want to thank the bill's champions in the Senate, Senators\nLamar Alexander and Chris Dodd. It has been a rewarding experience for\nme to work in a bipartisan, bicameral fashion to enact this\nlegislation, and I think our collective efforts have made this bill\nstronger because of it.\n  I want to thank Chairman Barton for acknowledging the importance of\nacting on this legislation before the end of the year and bringing it\nto the floor today. I also want to thank the staff members who have put\nso much time and energy into this legislation: Page Kranbuhl with\nSenator Alexander, Tamar Magarik with Senator Dodd, Jane Williams with\nRepresentative Upton, Randy Pate with Chairman Barton, and Jennifer\nNieto of my staff.\n  Mr. Speaker, this is an important bill which will help make a\ndifference in the lives of families across America and around the world\nand I urge my colleagues to support it.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2006-12-27-pt1-PgE2241"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.742722000926733, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}