Arlen Specter: “No, I will not yield. I have been here for more than an hour. There is an issue which I want to raise; that is, a…”

“No, I will not yield. I have been here for more than an hour. There is an issue which I want to raise; that is, a response to very extensive publicity on the cloning issue where there is generalized agreement, which this Senator concurs, in that there should not be human cloning. There is a confusion. I have sought recognition and, as I said, I have waited an hour to note the distinction on what 'therapeutic' is and what is frequently used with cloning under the name of therapeutic cloning, which is, in fact, not cloning at all. More accurately, it is denominated by the scientists as somatic cell nuclear transfer, which, while in the loose jargon is sometimes called therapeutic cloning is, in fact, not cloning at all. Yesterday, the President spoke out against reproductive cloning. I am entirely in agreement with that.”