[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7618]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM-CELL RESEARCH

  (Mr. LAMBORN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, human lives should never be sacrificed for 
the promotion of science. The very purpose of science is to uphold and 
protect life. We cannot in one breath say we want to advance science in 
order to save lives, and in the next support science that devalues the 
life of the smallest and most defenseless humans. All human life is 
sacred.
  The alternatives to embryonic stem-cell research are vast. There is 
no reason to force taxpayers to fund research that will destroy human 
life because the advances we are seeing from adult stem-cell research 
hold tremendous promise.
  To date, there have been 73 treatments for disease ethically using 
adult forms of stem-cell research while embryonic stem-cell research 
has failed to provide a single treatment.
  There is no one in this Chamber who does not wish to see science 
advance. But as we progress, we must be mindful that science is best 
when it is used within ethical boundaries. In our quest for progress, 
if we compromise the morals that support us, what good will our so-
called progress be then?

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