WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Mike Lee issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) called on (https://www.lee.senate.gov/services/files/FF2F49BC-E281-4D56-9BFE-BA0093AF5991) the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to cut red tape around life-saving diabetes treatment. Building on the framework of Senator Lee's ISLET Act (https://www.lee.senate.gov/2025/11/lee-bill-deregulates-life-saving-transplants-for-americans-with-diabetes), the letter urges HHS to reclassify islets to facilitate their use in treatment for Americans with diabetes.
"Americans living with diabetes have been kept from life-saving research by nonsensical red tape," said Senator Mike Lee. "Other countries treat islet transplantation as sta...