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On the recordJune 7, 2007
The truth is, you don't base your research on one report in a medical journal. You provide leadership. If you go back to the 1950s, we had a polio epidemic in this country that was killing thousands of people, leaving people terminally paralyzed. With funding from Washington, we found a cure for polio. Politics did not lead the way, medical research led the way, and America led its leadership there. That type of leadership needs to be provided for illnesses of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and other work where we should allow the scientific research and the promise of stem cell research to move forward, rather than allow politics to dictate what we do here.
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Rep. Rahm Emanuel
Illinois
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Discussing the importance of scientific research in stem cell legislation.

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