Statements and Testimony

Administration Statements

• Executive Order 13435: Expanding Approved Stem Cell Lines in Ethically Responsible Ways, June 22, 2007 (Federal Register 72(120):34589)
• 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 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
  Diagram illustrating the range of stem cell potency, based upon the cells’ state of differentiation.

• 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