Jerry Nadler: “I would answer two things that were said, one by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner) when the gentleman…”

“I would answer two things that were said, one by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner) when the gentleman stated that this did not speak at all about cloning, it only spoke about stem cell research. The point is that it may very well be true that once stem cell research is exploited and we know how to cure diseases or give people back the use of their arms and legs through stem cells, it may very well be true that that can only be done by the use of cloned stem cells in order to get around the rejection by the patient of stem cells from somebody else. It may be necessary to use the patient's own cloned stem cells. The second point is in answer to what the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Weldon) said. The point is, we do not know a lot of things. We do not know exactly what scientific research will show. We do not know exactly what adult stem cells can do, what embryonic stem cells can do, or cloned stem cells can do. That is why it is a sentence of death to millions of Americans, to ban medical research which is what my colleagues are trying to do with this bill.”