Sam Brownback

on January 16 the crew of STS-107 launched from Cape Canaveral, FL through the skies to space. They were sent on a mission to further space exploration and had the work of more than 70 international scientists onboard. The Columbia crew of…

I think one of the things that has been the big struggle in this debate is the debate about the term.

And the point being that you do not have use embryonic stem cells to get the body to react in a way to build an embryonic-type of growth medium and structure, then.

what happens when we focus our research--let us say we put millions of dollars into human cloning because it seems interesting.

It is, to me, to try to go where you can be most productive in getting the yield of the cures that you are looking for on injuries, on ALS, all these particular areas.

OK. So your distinction is based strictly upon the physiology of the actual cell, and it is not on any, 'We think there's an important developmental stage, that human life begins after 7 days,' or anything of that nature.

there is a profound issue here of human dignity, which I know you have written and thought about for a number of years.

That will be entered into the record.

I think we have got some great opportunities, and we are pushing them.

I think that is, you know, a point that there is some concern about, that that could slip to a further period of time.

Those will be submitted to the record without objection.

I think that is a good way of putting it.

I thank you for your support for a ban on all human cloning and I thank you for allowing me to testify this afternoon.

I do think, as well, you have to consider the dignity of each and every person.

It is to address things in the United States, not what is going on in other places.

I have served on the Middle East subcommittee since I have been in the Senate. I have chaired it for a good portion of the time. I have worked on the issue of Iraq since 1996. I have worked with the Iraqi opposition. I have held hearings…

if you wanted to solicit information from any of the people that you work with to clarify your answer earlier.

this is a cost. This is a deep cost.

So that that one in nearly 300 is going down to--substantially as people learn more and are able to perfect the technique.

I commend the leadership of that subcommittee, and particularly the leadership of Senators Specter and Harkin for their long and distinguished record on this issue.

And this is the same process that is being used now not only in Dolly, but in cats.

Thank you for that statement.

I wish to focus the body for a few minutes on January 20, 2003, when we will pause to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a man who changed the course of history and America's conscience. Dr. King is really one of those few individuals…

I think there are things that we can do to positively affect our net national carbon emissions.

I think it's an important issue. It's a tough issue.