[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9375-9376]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




PRESIDENT BUSH SHOULD NOT VETO STEM CELL RESEARCH LEGISLATION THAT WILL 
                           PROVIDE REAL HOPE

  (Ms. SHEA-PORTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Mr. Speaker, President Bush has an opportunity to 
provide real hope to millions of Americans who are suffering from 
debilitating diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, 
multiple sclerosis, and cancer. All he has to do now is reconsider his 
threat to veto this promising legislation that has recently passed the 
House.
  Here in the House we passed, in a bipartisan manner, during the first 
100 hours of Congress, legislation that would increase the number of 
embryonic stem cells eligible for Federal funding. The Senate, in 
strong bipartisan passion, did exactly the same. Now it has arrived at 
the President's desk.
  Last year the President vetoed stem cell legislation, the only issue 
he vetoed throughout his Presidency. We have a real opportunity finally 
to solve some of these debilitating diseases. There are 100 million 
Americans waiting for the President to say ``yes.'' I urge him to 
reconsider.

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