[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11196]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EMBRYONIC RESEARCH

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, this week we have heard 
people of all types arguing vehemently either for or against embryonic 
research.
  It is hard for lay people to cut through all this scientific mumbo-
jumbo, so let me ask a common-sense question: At what point is it not 
okay for researchers to create life in order to destroy it? Some argue 
that we should destroy human embryos to try to save an existing life. 
That is just totally immoral. And it is not the government's place to 
fund destruction of those embryos with taxpayer money.
  What makes America the strongest Nation on earth is that we protect 
those who cannot protect themselves. I commend the President for his 
promise to veto H.R. 810.

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