[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 95 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H5387-H5388]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 810, STEM CELL RESEARCH ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2005

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Madam Speaker, today is certainly a momentous day. 
President Bush is about to veto the first bill

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of his 6-year Presidency, and we will have the opportunity to override 
this veto and reaffirm the House of Representatives' support for 
lifesaving medical research.
  I take this moment to remind my colleagues of what H.R. 810 and stem 
cell research can do. Embryonic stem cells have the unique ability to 
become any other kind of bodily cell. These cells have the potential to 
help researchers find cures, that is right, cures, for diabetes, 
Alzheimer's, ALS, cancer, heart disease, Parkinson's, the list goes on.
  Under H.R. 810 these cells would be extracted from embryos that are 
already created for in vitro fertilization and are no longer needed. 
Use of these surplus embryos would only be done with the consent of the 
donor.
  I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of the override and put us on 
the path to saving lives.

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