Political Quotes

“I rise to speak to a topic that is very much on the minds of the American people as well as policymakers in Washington, DC; that is, the issue of embryonic stem cell research. The issue of embryonic stem cell research is one that has captured the imagination of people all over the world in the last 2 to 3 years. It wasn't that long ago that the idea of taking cells very early in life and having their potential captured and set in different directions to help treat disease--to help make diagnoses--was really just a pipedream. Literally, it was 2 or 3 years ago. Now, because of the advances in science, the advances in technology and the tremendous research that is being conducted in this country and, indeed, around the world, a whole new frontier has opened--the frontier of what is called stem cell research. What has inspired such interest in this is the fact that people with numerous diseases, for really the first time in their lives, can look ahead and say there is the potential for a cell at its earliest level to be channeled in certain directions to make the care of that disease easier, and possibly even cured.”