Stephanie Tubbs Jones: “I rise today on behalf of my 86-year-old father, who carried bags for United Airlines for 40 years, who currently is…”

“I rise today on behalf of my 86-year-old father, who carried bags for United Airlines for 40 years, who currently is suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's. I go visit him, and he knows who I am. But this man used to walk and play 18 holes of golf. He used to talk to me about golf. He used to talk to me about being just a great daughter and how proud he was of me. And now I do get, 'I love you,' but I would have loved to have been able to see him be more of the Andrew Tubbs that I grew up with. So I rise in support of my father, and I rise to say to the American public and my colleagues, it is time for us to understand the difference between being able to do research ethically and to get caught up and lost in some conversation about what we should or should not be doing. In my congressional district, the Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine... is doing fantastic research. The mission of the center is to utilize adult human stem cells and tissue engineering technology to treat human disease.”