[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 96 (Wednesday, July 11, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H3871]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      URGING THE PRESIDENT TO ALLOW STEM CELL RESEARCH TO PROCEED

  (Mrs. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I urge the President to allow 
stem cell research to proceed.
  Along with the gentlewoman from Maryland (Mrs. Morella) and many 
others in this Congress, we have introduced House Resolution 17 that 
calls on Federal funding of human pluripotent stem cell research to 
continue.
  As the recent statements by a number of prominent Republicans, such 
as Andy Card and Tommy Thompson, have said, they have come out in 
support of stem cell research. They underscore that this should not be 
a partisan issue. After a lengthy public comment period on August 25, 
the NIH published guidelines on human pluripotent stem cell research. 
Additionally, they accepted applications for research projects through 
March, 2001.
  However, President Bush has put a hold on this work, calling for a 
review of the guidelines. I say to the President that it is estimated 
that over 100 million Americans are living with diseases like 
Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, diabetes. These people could be helped by 
stem cell research. We need to support science. We need to support 
medical knowledge. We need to support stem cell research.

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