[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 94 (Tuesday, July 18, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H5287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
STEM CELL RESEARCH
(Mr. CARNAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, last year this House passed the landmark
stem cell bill, H.R. 810. We know that President Bush has already
authorized research, even though it is arbitrary and artificially
restricted, when he made his executive order allowing research on
existing stem cell lines before 9 p.m. August 9, 2001, and prohibiting
them after that date.
We know that in 2001 it was believed 78 stem cell lines existed. But
now we know there are only 22 that are viable, and they have been
contaminated with mouse stem cells.
We know that we are at a historic crossroad in Washington this week.
We are either days away from this Congress passing this stem cell bill,
or we are going to see delays for years. We know that this issue has
united Americans into action across party lines. It includes over 80
Nobel Prize scientists. It counts hundreds of disease-fighting groups
advocating for 110 million Americans who are afflicted with a genetic
sentence to disability or death.
We know President Bush has signed over 1,000 bills into law. This is
not the time to start with the Presidential roadblock of a veto.
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