[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15677]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         STEM CELL RESEARCH: HOUSE GOP REFUSES TO OVERRIDE VETO

  (Ms. BERKLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Speaker, last week House Republicans refused to 
override the President's veto of lifesaving stem cell research. Their 
action will hurt our Nation's effort to find cures to diseases like 
Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, diabetes, and cancer.
  The stem cell research bill could have directly benefited an 
estimated 100 million of our fellow Americans, those personally 
fighting these diseases and their family members who share their 
suffering and pain. The legislation would have expanded Federal funding 
for extremely promising embryonic stem cell research while at the same 
time imposing strict ethical standards.
  House Republicans refused to listen to our Nation's leading 
scientists, biomedical researchers, and health organizations who said 
this legislation can save lives. More importantly, they refused to 
listen to the pleas of their own constituents. Instead, they once again 
supported a President who has no interest in giving our researchers the 
tools they need to find cures to diseases like cancer, diabetes, and 
Alzheimer's. They were pandering to a very narrow part of their base. 
Shame on them.

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