Statements and Testimony
Administration Statements
- Statement by Secretary Thompson, August 27, 2001
- Update on Existing Human Embryonic Stem Cells, August 27, 2001
- The President's Address to the Nation, August 9, 2001
- White House Fact Sheet on Embryonic Stem Cell Research, August 9, 2001
- Statement by Secretary Thompson Regarding the President's Decision on Stem Cell Research, August 9, 2001
Congressional Testimony
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