mr. speaker , i thank the chairman for yielding his time . 
you know , you can not divorce medical research from medical ethics . 
and as such , it is critically important we are dealing here with medical facts . 
first of all , although many members and the public and the media seem to get this wrong , the truth is , i believe we will have probably close to unanimous support for using federal dollars for stem cell research , but it is important to understand the different types : adult stem cell , which has much promise to harvest and grow these , although it has some risk for infections and other problems . 
some 30 , 000 people have been treated . 
umbilical cord , which is pluripotent . 
it can be used in multiple ways . 
over 6 , 000 cases have been treated . 
frozen embryo research , zero . 
and cloning has its own problems with that as well . 
in the area of umbilical cord blood , one of the cases , because in my practice , i oftentimes dealt with children with developmental disabilities . 
one case of the new england journal of medicine reports 90 percent success rate with hurley 's syndrome , a developmental disorder , autosomal dominant one , which ends up in severe developmental delays and death . 
those are incredible results , incredible results that come from looking at the facts of what cord blood stem cell research is about . 
let us not distort this discussion and confuse cord blood and embryonic , because when you are using cord blood , umbilical blood , you are not killing anyone . 
you are not limiting or destroying a life . 
you are taking something that has been discarded in the normal process of pregnancy and birth . 
let us help support the continuation of this vital research which does not just show promise , but shows demonstrable results . 
and it does not involve the ending of any life in the process . 
this is where we should continue our research . 
this is where we must continue our work . 
this is where we must take our stand today , to continue to support medical research that is important . 
look also at medical ethics . 
