Congressional Testimony

The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing on stem cell research.
Testimony: Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Institutes of Health (80k PDF; get Adobe Reader), September 16, 2010
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Stem Cell Research.
Testimony: Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Director, National Institutes of Health, May 8, 2008
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The Committee on Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing on stem cell research.
Testimony: Story C. Landis, Ph.D., Acting Chair, NIH Stem Cell Task Force (150k PDF; get Adobe Reader), January 19, 2007
The Committee on Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing on stem cell research.
Testimony: James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Chair, NIH Stem Cell Task Force, Director, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, June 27, 2006
The Committee on Government Reform's Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources (Mark Souder, Chairman) held a hearing on Human Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cell Research After Seoul: Examining Exploitation, Fraud and Ethical Problems in the Research.
Testimony: James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Chair, NIH Stem Cell Task Force, Director, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (120k PDF; get Adobe Reader), March 7, 2006
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education (Senator Arlen Specter [R-PA], Chairman) held a hearing on the status of research on embryonic stem cells. Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Director of NIH, and Dr. Ronald McKay, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, testified. Dr. James Battey, Director, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, accompanied Dr. Zerhouni.

Testimony: Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Director, National Institutes of Health, May 22, 2003
Testimony: Ronald McKay, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, May 22, 2003
Stem Cell Research Testimony by Elias Zerhouni, M.D. before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, September 25, 2002
Secretary Thompson's Oral Testimony before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, September 5, 2001
FDA Letter to Senator Edward M. Kennedy Regarding Stem Cells, September 5, 2001
NIH Statement to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, August 1, 2001
NINDS and NIDDK Directors' Congressional Testimony on Stem Cells, April 26, 2000
The Director's Congressional Testimony on Stem Cell Research, January 26, 1999
The Director's Congressional Testimony on Stem Cell Research, December 2, 1998

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