[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 70 (Tuesday, May 24, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H3774-H3775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 810, STEM CELL RESEARCH ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2005

  (Mr. HOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, we will be hearing a great deal today about 
the humane and helpful and hopeful research of embryonic stem cells. 
This is an advance similar to advances in past years of blood 
transfusions and organ transplants. And to be fair, some patients do 
not want to take part in blood transfusions and organ transplants for 
personal reasons.
  However, for most Americans, embryonic stem cell research falls well 
within public ethical standards. It is something that we should be 
supporting.
  We will hear from some today that cord blood and adult stem cells 
hold promise. Not nearly so much promise as embryonic stem cells. 
Supporting cord blood research at the expense of supporting embryonic 
stem cell research is like buying a Schwinn bicycle to travel across 
the country. Potentially useful, but it is not likely to get us there.
  This is something that is well within the public ethical norms. We 
should be supporting H.R. 810.

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