Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

That I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for.

Thank you.

It's been 84 years since Yankee legend Luke Eric delivered his famous farewell speech

to a sold-out Yankee stadium after having been diagnosed with a disease that would become

synonymous with his name, Amiatrophic Laterals Chlerosis, or ALS.

The disease attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

It takes away a person's ability to talk, walk, and ultimately breathe.

There is still no cure for ALS.

And treatments for the disease have been slow to develop,

though an experimental drug recently approved by the FDA may slow down the disease

and extend patients' lives.

In 2021, President Biden signed legislation known as Act for ALS.

This bill really matters.

You know, y'all know, ALS robs patients and families of so much.

The immense physical, emotional, and financial toll.

Act for ALS expands federal funding for ALS treatment and gives patients quicker access

to treatments still under FDA review.

When he signed the bill into law, Biden called the legislation,

the result of Democrats and Republicans reaching across the aisle,

and the advocacy of patients.

Patients like Brian Wallach and his wife, Sondra.

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