Anna Eshoo: “I am proud to support it, and I think that this is a very important moment for the Congress. Why? Because this bill…”

“I am proud to support it, and I think that this is a very important moment for the Congress. Why? Because this bill really represents hope for the American people. I often say to my constituents that I am in the business of hope, to give hope to people with what I do and the vote that I cast. There is a reason why this bill is an overwhelmingly bipartisan bill, because 72 percent of the American people support stem cell research. There is only one type of stem cell research that is not funded by the Federal Government today and that is embryonic stem cell research. There are tax dollars for all the others: for cord blood, for amniotic, and for adult. That is why we have the bill before us today. We all have constituents, we all have members of our families that have diseases that have befallen them and injuries that have befallen them and where they come to us and say, please, take action on this.”