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Barbara Boxer: Yes. Let me take back my time because the Senator from New York is on schedule. I want to make sure she has time to…

On the recordJune 29, 2005
Yes. Let me take back my time because the Senator from New York is on schedule. I want to make sure she has time to speak. But let me tell you this. The EPA's own words are that, in fact, they will consider testing on these neonates and the rest. Yes. This is immoral. I would like to tell you, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, on their Web site, in 2005, say this: We are very concerned about using humans for the direct testing of pesticides under any conditions, particularly when they will not receive any direct or immediate health benefit but in fact may be harmed. So we are not here testing pharmaceutical products that may help a baby. We are here looking at harming a baby, harming a pregnant woman. So the Boxer moratorium vote is very important. Mr. President, how much time do I have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Graham). The Senator has 18 minutes.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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