Political Quotes

“I rise disappointed and angered by the President's veto of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, and I rise in solidarity with my 237 colleagues and the 63 Senators who voted to overturn the Bush administration's policies that have stifled the promise of stem cell research and sound and ethical science. Since 2001, stem cell research in the United States has been thwarted by the Bush administration's misguided policies. And yesterday, President Bush once again let politics, not science, not the health and well-being of American families, and not the will of the majority of Americans, dictate his decision making. It is a sad day when the President of the United States acts to impede lifesaving medical research. And with this veto, President Bush failed to give American families the promise of this research. American families want cures, not politics. And they want hope, not lost opportunities. I, along with millions of Americans, am outraged, but we are not deterred. We will keep fighting and we will succeed in fighting the President's restrictions on stem cell research.…”