Political Quotes

“I do not think we need to say more about this. It is very clear that the scientific community says we need it. We can find out things on monkeys operating under the legal and ethical standards that we cannot find out when we send humans into space, and we are far better testing on monkeys under the ethical standards that are imposed what the impacts of weightlessness is. I cannot understand all of the scientific jargon in the letters. But I can read the headlines. And the headlines from these letters are from the scientific community supported by the Association of American Universities, the Land-Grant Colleges, and the Association of American Medical Colleges which say that we need this information. Are we to substitute our scientific judgment for theirs? I happen to think personally that would be the height of arrogance to say that we know more about science than the professionals, the great leading scientific minds and institutions of higher education around the country. That is why I hope, Mr. President, that an overwhelming bipartisan majority of this body will join me in rejecting the motion to table.”