Political Quotes

“every once in a while, an issue comes along that makes so much sense and has so much support, it clearly must be good public policy. The issue before us today, a full and complete ban on cloning, is just such an issue. The American people overwhelmingly support banning cloning, a majority of this House has voted in the past to fully ban cloning, the Administration supports this ban, and importantly scientists and doctors and other medical professionals support this ban on cloning. So what's the hold up? A lot has been and will be said about ``research cloning'' or ``therapeutic cloning''--but despite all of the semantics and wordplay the other side uses, the reality remains that this procedure is one that simply horrifies most Americans. The repercussions if we do not act today are grave. What we're debating here is the value of human life, pure and simple. If you want to reduce human life to merely clinical terms, research elements and other antiseptic talk, then you can vote that way today. But if you are as horrified I am, as the American people are, and the medical community is, by the ghastly possibilities that cloning offers us, then you should support this legislation and a complete, full, and real ban on cloning. I commend the gentlemen from Florida (Dave Weldon) and Michigan (Stupak) for their work, and strongly encourage all of my colleagues to support the passage of this important bill.”