[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 34 (Thursday, March 23, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1289]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PORKER OF THE WEEK AWARD

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, last week the world watched as five cloned 
piglets were introduced before an international news core. Scientists 
cheered the achievement as a scientific and medical breakthrough. Maybe 
the American people should have cheered as well since we paid for a 
good bit of that research with $2 million of our tax dollars.
  The Advanced Technology Program, a corporate welfare program managed 
by the Department of Commerce, gave a grant to the company responsible 
for cloning the piglets. The company, PPL Therapeutics, claims it needs 
taxpayer assistance because it cannot find private backing for cloning 
research. It will certainly be interesting to see if that company 
shares its profits with the American taxpayers now that they have found 
success.
  In this modern-day nursery rhyme, five little piggies got cloned, and 
the American public got taken to market. The ATP gets my ``Porker of 
the Week'' Award.

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