Arlen Specter actually said...

the evidence is overwhelming about the importance of embryonic stem cell research to deal with the maladies of the world

the legislature, the Congress, had better get busy and it better act on this subject so we do not await court action

I look forward to debating with Senator Wicker the issues which he has raised more appropriately on the Senate floor than in this hearing.

putting restraints on stem cell research is not far from those who refused to look through Galileo's telescope