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Sam Brownback is a Republican politician who served as the Governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. Prior to his governorship, he was a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1996. Brownback is known for his conservative positions on social issues and his advocacy for tax cuts and economic development in Kansas. During his tenure as governor, he implemented significant tax reforms aimed at stimulating the state's economy, although these policies faced criticism and led to budgetary challenges.
I will not take my colleagues' time for long, but I draw attention to a situation that has further developed-- or devolved and deteriorated--and that is the situation in Darfur. It is a situation this Senate has spoken to often. We have…
next week marks the fifth anniversary of the attacks of September 11. On this solemn occasion, we reflect upon the lives of those who were lost and the families they left behind. Images of the planes hitting the two massive towers filled…
I would be happy to yield during the remainder of my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kansas has 50 seconds.
I would inquire of my colleague from Washington a timeframe she would want, in an effort to establish some order.
if I could inquire of my colleague from Washington--and I have my colleague from Alabama who seeks recognition--maybe we can get some order set up here. I have a 15- minute presentation. I believe my colleague from Alabama is seeking…
If my colleague from Washington would be willing to allow 5 minutes for my colleague from Alabama to finish up his comments? Is that asking too much? I don't want to press it too far. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator modify her…
I rise to speak on the Voting Rights Act, and I thank my colleague from Massachusetts who was here before me for allowing me to now speak briefly on this particular issue. The right to vote is quite literally the bedrock of the…
I speak in morning business about the issue that the two prior speakers--the Senator from South Carolina and the Senator from Arizona--spoke about, the Middle East. This is a key time. I hope we continue to stand by Israel very strongly…
the prior speaker from South Carolina talked about energy. We have to engage in energy strategies that pull us off of our addiction to Middle Eastern oil. We have a lot of plants coming on in ethanol production from grain. We need to move…
This is an op-ed piece in the Washington Post. David Shaywitz put it in, in 2005. While stem cell advocates have helped voters connect stem cell research with compelling images of patients who might one day benefit from treatments, such…
I have other things I can cover. I understand the distinguished Senator from Virginia wanted to come over and speak on a very pressing matter of foreign policy. That is why I yielded the time to my colleague.
I was. But I understood that my colleague wanted to speak on this particular issue. If the Senator wants to summarize and my colleague from Virginia wants to wait, I was offering him that courtesy because he had discussed coming over here…
I yield to my colleague from Virginia who is here to speak on some important topics. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.
I submitted for the Record seven peer- reviewed articles on the creation of tumors.
If I could answer on both of those, I would have printed in the Record the funding over the past 4 years for both embryonic and adult and cord blood stem cells. We put about half a billion in embryonic, both animal and human, over the past…
I would love to respond with a quick response. I think a third option is people are kind of interested in what these cells will do. I quoted from Lord Winston, a British stem cell researcher, saying it is an interesting area, but it is not…
Yes. If you caught my comments on the floor, I stated that is part of the tragedy here. He had 5 years Parkinson's free, wants an additional treatment using the same adult stem cell procedure he had before that worked, and can't get it. We…
reclaiming my time, it is, and it is a very interesting feature that where the private money is going, where people have to show production coming out of it, it is all going into the adult cord blood because people know the science. And…
Fantastic. I have a picture I want to show, then, because this is a real hope. It is also a bit of a tragedy. Here is a gentleman I hosted at a hearing about Parkinson's disease. He suffers from Parkinson's disease. He had an adult stem…
Second, I would point out on Parkinson's, I don't know why the Parkinson's advocacy community would support that. I find it hard to believe they would oppose us doing more work in this field. I would simply ask you, or others, if we have a…
as we are waiting for my colleagues to come to the floor, I want to address some issues that have been brought forward and talked about previously. Mr. President, I see my colleague from Iowa, and I am prepared to answer--he had raised a…
next week it will may be 75, but for this week it is 72. My point in saying highlighting this is that some have said they really question whether we are getting that many treatments. There have only been nine FDA-approved full clinical…
I see the next speaker is here, and I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine is recognized.
this is just amazing gall, that they would do something like that, and it also highlights the situation and what is taking place. I hope North Korea knows by now that their behavior has consequences. The Security Council is considering a…
I rise to talk about the situation in North Korea and about the dire situation of the people of North Korea and the human rights abuses that are taking place. I think most of my colleagues know about the missile testing that has been…
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