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Tom Harkin: “the letter points out that we are making progress, that we are discovering new things. Now is not the time to revisit…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1997
the letter points out that we are making progress, that we are discovering new things. Now is not the time to revisit this issue. This issue has been settled and I believe we ought to leave it alone. As we have said, the studies have shown that the safeguards we put in place are working. No violations have been encountered, and I believe the best course of action is to stay the course that we have had since 1993, and, of course, I think at the appropriate time there will be a motion made to table the Coats amendment. And I urge all Senators to support that motion to table and to continue what we have been doing since 1993 in providing for fetal tissue research but with adequate safeguards to ensure that unintended consequences do not happen because of this research.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Discussing fetal tissue research and urging support for a motion to table an amendment.

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