Political Quotes

“I am delighted to join him as a principal cosponsor of this proposal of the Genetic Confidentiality and Nondiscrimination Act of 1997. Mr. President, this legislation is critically important. It deals with basic concerns that people have today. It is of critical importance to our country, important to individuals and to researchers. We are not claiming here this is perfect, but the kind of work that Senator Domenici has done already, in communication with those who would be most directly interested in the legislation, I think has taken us a long way. We are fortunate, Mr. President, to live in an extraordinary--an extraordinary--crossroads in the history of our Nation and, indeed, of our species. I can only compare it, Mr. President, to the dawn of the nuclear age. Then, by the elemental act of splitting an atom, we became able to generate seemingly unlimited energy but, also, as we all know, the ability to destroy all forms of human life. Today, Mr. President, we stand at the dawn of the genetic age and once again confront heretofore unknown power over our destiny on this small planet.”