    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 31 (Monday, August 6, 2001)]
    [Page 1124]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Statement on House of Representatives Action To Prohibit Human Cloning

    July 31, 2001

        The moral issues posed by human cloning are profound and have
    implications for today and for future generations. Today's overwhelming
    and bipartisan House action to prohibit human cloning is a strong
    ethical statement, which I commend. We must advance the promise and
    cause of science but must do so in a way that honors and respects life.