[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 6 (Thursday, January 11, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H347]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   PASS EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH

  (Mr. UDALL of New Mexico asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, my uncle, Mo Udall, served here 
in the House of Representatives for 30 years. For the last 10 years, he 
served with Parkinson's disease, and every day his friends and 
colleagues saw this crippling disease take a little piece of him. 
Millions of families are facing the same kind of disabling diseases: 
Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, lupus and many more.
  The bill we will consider today on the House floor gives these 
millions of American families hope. There is great promise in stem cell 
research. This bipartisan bill would increase the number of embryonic 
stem cell lines eligible for Federal research.
  I hope that the President will reconsider his ill advised veto and 
give American families hope.

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