Senate Needs to Support Stem-Cell Legislation
- By Sen. Tom Harkin
- Special to Roll Call
- Sept. 23, 2005, 3:36 p.m.
Aside from Katrina relief, there is no more urgent and important piece of unfinished business before the Senate this fall than a vote on H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act. Further delay in bringing this to a vote is intolerable. People are dying from diseases and medical conditions that might be cured through embryonic stem-cell research. For these people, every month matters. And every day of delay by the Senate has life-and-death consequences.
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