[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3026]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CALLING ON PRESIDENT OBAMA TO REVERSE STEM CELL RESEARCH EXECUTIVE 
                                 ORDER

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate a solemn 
occasion.
  One year ago, President Obama issued an Executive order allowing for 
taxpayer dollars to incentivize the destruction of human life through 
the use of embryonic stem cells. As a physician, a father, and a 
grandfather, I know that all human life is precious and begins at the 
moment of conception, and it is paramount that we continue to seek 
better medical treatments and cures for diseases. Yet I also believe 
that our research and decisions must be life affirming.
  Lives can be saved through techniques creating embryonic-like cells 
from adult cells, making it unnecessary to destroy embryos. Over 73 
different diseases so far have been treated with adult or cord blood 
stem cells, including type 1 diabetes and heart disease.
  I call upon the President to reverse this order and acknowledge that 
research that is both morally controversial and out of date does not 
need to be subsidized by the American taxpayer.

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