[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 7, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H7858]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CONGRESS SHOULD BAN CLONING

  (Mr. LARGENT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LARGENT. Mr. Speaker, science is a wonderful thing. Who would 
have thought a couple of generations ago that a man would go to the 
Moon, or we would have a vaccine for polio. The work our scientists do 
in labs have brought great things into the world. But we have also 
learned that just because something is possible does not mean we should 
do it. Science has to be governed by morality.
  The cloning of human beings is a case in point. Just because we can 
clone a human being, does not mean we should. Experimenting with human 
life is wrong. Cloning human lives, whether for experiments or 
reproduction, is a line we simply should not cross.
  Earlier this year, the House voted overwhelmingly to make it illegal; 
but until the other body brings it up for a vote, that ban cannot 
become law. We are in a race with time. Our colleagues in the other 
body must bring this bill up for a vote as soon as possible.
  We need to get this bill to the President's desk before it is too 
late.

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