[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10963]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           STEM CELL RESEARCH

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, today the House can vote to give millions of 
Americans suffering from diseases new hope. Patients, doctors, and 
scientists are desperately awaiting the potential that stem cell 
research has for treating diseases like Alzheimer's, ALS, cancer, heart 
diseases, diabetes, spinal cord injuries, and so many others.
  My State of California is already on the way. Californians 
overwhelmingly support this research and decided not to tie the hands 
of our scientists, not to block the promising new opportunities that 
stem cell research affords.
  Now our Congress has the opportunity to follow suit. This is the kind 
of research we wanted when we created the National Institutes of 
Health. Federally funded research ensures that the public benefits and 
that the research is ethically conducted.
  I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 810.

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