I commend the leadership of that subcommittee, and particularly the leadership of Senators Specter and Harkin for their long and distinguished record on this issue.

I think that is a good way of putting it.

So that that one in nearly 300 is going down to--substantially as people learn more and are able to perfect the technique.

Thank you for that statement.

I thank you for your support for a ban on all human cloning and I thank you for allowing me to testify this afternoon.

I think we have got some great opportunities, and we are pushing them.

this is a cost. This is a deep cost.

I think one of the things that has been the big struggle in this debate is the debate about the term.

if you wanted to solicit information from any of the people that you work with to clarify your answer earlier.

That will be entered into the record.

And this is the same process that is being used now not only in Dolly, but in cats.

Very good.

I think that is, you know, a point that there is some concern about, that that could slip to a further period of time.

OK. So your distinction is based strictly upon the physiology of the actual cell, and it is not on any, 'We think there's an important developmental stage, that human life begins after 7 days,' or anything of that nature.

there is a profound issue here of human dignity, which I know you have written and thought about for a number of years.

It is, to me, to try to go where you can be most productive in getting the yield of the cures that you are looking for on injuries, on ALS, all these particular areas.

It is to address things in the United States, not what is going on in other places.

I do think, as well, you have to consider the dignity of each and every person.