Sam Brownback: “I will draw attention to two topics today. I will address the comments made about stem cell research because we have…”

“I will draw attention to two topics today. I will address the comments made about stem cell research because we have exciting things happening in that field that I will report to my colleagues. First though, there is breaking news, with Reuters, the Associated Press, and several other outlets reporting that shortly we may have a group of North Korean refugees formally accepted by the United States for the first time since the Korean peninsula was divided by war over half a century ago. This is being reported by a couple of news outlets. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the news report and a related article. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the Associated Press, May 3, 2006] Officials: U.S. Assists N. Korean Refugees (By Foster Klug) Washington.--The Bush administration is working to bring a group of North Korean refugees to the United States and could have them in the country within two weeks, a State Department official said Wednesday. The group would be the first from North Korea given official refugee status since passage of the North Korean Human Rights Act in 2004, officials say. The State Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the issue's sensitivity, said the refugees are in a Southeast Asian nation, and if bureaucratic hurdles can be cleared, they could be in the United States soon. A separate U.S.…”