[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 96 (Wednesday, July 11, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H3870]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           PUT POLITICS ASIDE AND SUPPORT STEM CELL RESEARCH

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of stem cell 
research. It is time for people on all points of the political spectrum 
to come together, support efforts to make stem cell research safe, 
legal and ethical. Stem cell research has the potential to unlock the 
door to medical knowledge for a host of diseases. We cannot allow 
America's health to be held hostage to politics, while medical research 
stagnates.
  For people suffering from Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, or for those 
who have loved ones with these diseases, including cancer and juvenile 
diabetes, stem cell research represents hope for a cure. Yet by banning 
this research, either adult or embryonic research, we foreclose the 
possibility of improving or saving many, many lives. And who will pay 
the price? A mother fighting Parkinson's or a child battling juvenile 
diabetes. That is why I strongly urge my colleagues to put politics 
aside, support the promising scientific research of stem cell research.

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