Delegation Watch: Stem cell issue cools responses
HoustonChronicle.com - Delegation Watch: Stem cell issue cools responses: "U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has been a vocal advocate of increasing federal support for embryonic stem cell research.
The Texas senator was quoted by the Associated Press as saying in December that the funding restrictions placed by President Bush in 2001 had proven to be impractical.
But last week, Hutchison was noncommittal when asked about the House-approved bill that would expand federal funding to studies involving human embryos frozen at fertility clinics.
The senator said she was not ready to support such legislation.
'Well, I have to look at the bill,' she said. 'We have to be very careful and make sure there are ethical guidelines as we work through this.'"
The Texas senator was quoted by the Associated Press as saying in December that the funding restrictions placed by President Bush in 2001 had proven to be impractical.
But last week, Hutchison was noncommittal when asked about the House-approved bill that would expand federal funding to studies involving human embryos frozen at fertility clinics.
The senator said she was not ready to support such legislation.
'Well, I have to look at the bill,' she said. 'We have to be very careful and make sure there are ethical guidelines as we work through this.'"
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