On the recordJuly 11, 1996
in a few hours, we will be asked to vote on a bill which increases funding for the National Institutes of Health by 6.9 percent. That funding increase is certainly a step in the right direction. But at the same time that this Congress is increasing funding of medical research, we are trying the hands of medical researchers. Early stage human embryo research, Mr. Chairman, is one of the most promising methods of medical research currently at our disposal. It is ridiculous that Members of Congress, most of whom are not scientists, I might add, want to tie the hands of researchers at the National Institutes of Health. Who knows how best to do this job? They do. This is like telling the people at NASA, Mr. Chairman, to build the space station but forget about using computer technology in doing so. The Lowey amendment simply will reverse the ban on human embryo research.
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