mr. speaker , we will be hearing a great deal today about the humane and helpful and hopeful research of embryonic stem cells .  this is an advance similar to advances in past years of blood transfusions and organ transplants .  and to be fair , some patients do not want to take part in blood transfusions and organ transplants for personal reasons .  however , for most americans , embryonic stem cell research falls well within public ethical standards .  it is something that we should be supporting .  we will hear from some today that cord blood and adult stem cells hold promise .  not nearly so much promise as embryonic stem cells .  supporting cord blood research at the expense of supporting embryonic stem cell research is like buying a schwinn bicycle to travel across the country .  potentially useful , but it is not likely to get us there .  this is something that is well within the public ethical norms .  we should be supporting h.r. 810 .  