[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15042-15043]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH

  (Mr. COOPER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COOPER. Madam Speaker, virtually every family in America has been 
stricken with one dread disease or another. It may be cancer, it may be 
heart disease, it may be diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's. The list 
goes on and on. And finally, there are scientific breakthroughs called 
embryonic stem cell research that allow hope for a cure.
  Sadly, the President of the United States is about to veto the 
legislation that this Congress has finally passed to give these 
families hope. This is a sad day for America because the President has 
never vetoed any other bill. He is the first President since Thomas 
Jefferson to endorse all our legislation as

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if it were perfect, except for this one bill, the bill that gives hope 
to virtually all American families.
  Why, Mr. President, are you vetoing hope for Parkinson's victims, 
vetoing hope for cancer victims, for diabetes victims, for Alzheimer's 
victims?
  Why, Mr. President are you, alone, standing in the way of hope and 
progress for our people?

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