Political Quotes

“gene technology has come of age. It is referred to under different names: genetic engineering, gene splicing, bioengineering, recombinant DNA. No matter the name used to describe it, this technology represents the latest tool in a continuum of techniques researchers have developed and adopted over the centuries. As chairman of the Subcommittee on Basic Research of the Committee on Science, we have spent the last 14 months studying this new biotechnology of genetically modifying products. We will be releasing probably the most inclusive and detailed report this coming Thursday at 2:30 at a press conference in Room 2320, the Committee on Science room. It is a summation of the findings of a series of three hearings held during the first session of the 106th Congress by our Subcommittee on Basic Research entitled, ``Plant Genome Science: From the Lab to the Field to the Market.'' Additionally we have talked to and counciled with many other world experts on this subject. What is truly powerful about this technology is that it allows individual, well-characterized genes to be transferred from one organism to another, thus increasing the genetic diversity available to improve important commercial crop plants as well as pharmaceuticals. The potential benefits to mankind are limited only by the resourcefulness of our scientists. Biotechnology has been used safely for many years to develop new and useful products used in a variety of industry.”