Sam Brownback: “noting for the record the actual spending in 2005 on embryonic stem cell research, the U.S. Federal Government spent…”

“noting for the record the actual spending in 2005 on embryonic stem cell research, the U.S. Federal Government spent nearly $40 million on human embryonic stem cell research. We spent $97 million on nonhuman embryonic stem cell research, for a total of $136 million the Federal Government spent on embryonic stem cell research. That is a fair investment. We also spent $472 million in nonembryonic. What did we get for $136 million in embryonic stem cell research? Here is the folder that contains the human clinical trials of embryonic stem cell research in humans, treating and healing humans. This is the list of research results we have from a nearly $40 million Federal investment last year of human clinical trials with embryonic stem cell research. This is research where a young, embryonic human life is destroyed and stem cells harvested and taken out and applied. I note that this folder is empty. This is the list of research results we have from embryonic stem cell research on humans. We also invested in adult and cord blood stem cell research. The cord between the mother and child is rich in stem cells that can be used in a lot of treatment areas, along with adult stem cells. You have stem cells in your body and I have them in my mine. They are akin to a repair kit. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the listing of 69 different human illnesses being treated by adult and cord blood stem cells.…”