The Ponzi scheme perpetrated by the Madoffs and Stanford were serious breaches of our financial regulatory system.

Will that sort of punishment be known to the public? Or will there be an attempt to keep it secret?

Why should we have faith that the SEC will implement this new authority in a meaningful manner?

It is very important to have these oversight hearings, particularly within 1 year after FERA has been passed.

It has been over a year since the SEC Inspector General issued the Madoff report.

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The arguments that adult stem cells obviate the need for embryonic stem cells are not scientifically driven.

I do believe that the human embryo deserves moral respect. It is a potential human being.

So when we have so much to learn from embryonic stem cells, how can we conclude that we do not need to fund the research?

It is a shame that we have to revisit this issue under the circumstances in which we find ourselves today.

Expelling embryonic stem cells from the researchers' toolkit will gravely weaken the search for cures.

I applaud Senator Harkin's efforts to increase the NIH budget in the past and ask all of the Senators and Representatives to make the people with diseases and injuries a major priority.

Do you think that funding for embryonic stem cell research should be prohibited?

Investment by the NIH has made U.S. research pre-eminent.

To have that cut off at the knees would be a devastating blow.