Congressman Criticizes Rell’s Plan To Cut Stem Cell Funding
U.S. Rep. Christopher Murphy waded into a state budget dispute Tuesday, urging Gov. M. Jodi Rell and legislative leaders to reject a proposal to eliminate $10 million in stem cell research funding for 2010. As a state senator, Murphy helped lead the effort in 2005 to commit the state to funding $100 million in stem cell research over 10 years.
U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, has filed an amendment to the health care reform bill currently before the House of Representatives that would require members of Congress who take federal health care coverage to purchase their insurance in the proposed health insurance exchange.
I support universal health care because I believe that quality, affordable health care coverage should be a right, not a privilege available only to those who can afford it. I truly believe that a national system of health care can insure every American and cost us less than our current bloated and inefficient “sick care” system.