I would like to remind you that transplant surgeon, and now Senate Majority Leader Frist, made it clear on November 27, 2001, in a Senate floor speech, that cloning does not resolve the tissue rejection issues.
John F. Kerry
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John F. Kerry is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017 under President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, Kerry previously represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate from 1985 to 2013. He was the Democratic nominee for President in 2004, losing to incumbent George W. Bush. Throughout his career, Kerry has focused on issues such as climate change, international relations, and veterans' affairs. He played a significant role in negotiating the Paris Agreement on climate change during his tenure as Secretary of State.
What Senator Hatch and others are proposing we do is to go down this same path with cloned human embryos.
It's time for the United States to do its part to address this global problem; and a discussion of mandatory reductions is the form of leadership that's required to address this global problem.
In 2001, Senator Brownback and I began working to develop a solution to the climate change problem
Also in 2001, Senator Lieberman and I announced our intention to develop legislation to require mandatory reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
President Bush said last year that he agreed that this was real and a problem.
I think the debate over the science of climate change has pretty much ended after a lot of hesitation.
Not only will our environment be threatened by this neglect, but two other effects that have been mentioned here will occur.
We'll achieve steady but measured progress in reducing harmful emissions into the atmosphere if this proposal is adopted.
If we put off fixing it today, it's going to become harder tomorrow, certainly more costly, and certainly more complex.
Just as we, in Britain and Europe, have listened to the United States when it comes to matters such as the war on terrorism and Iraq, we must ask our allies and friends in America to listen to us when it comes to other problems.