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April 11, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 153, Pt. 6 8639 SENATE—Wednesday, April 11, 2007 The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was RECOGNITION OF THE be the bill we pass and send to the called to order by the Honorable BEN- REPUBLICAN LEADER President for his signature and to point JAMIN L. CARDIN, a Senator from the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- out that S. 5 is truly the compromise State of Maryland. pore. The Republican leader is recog- bill. nized. I want everyone to know that. There PRAYER was some talk that S. 30 should be the f The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- compromise. Let me point out for clar- fered the following prayer: SCHEDULE ity that last year we passed the stem Let us pray. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I cell research bill. There was another God of all life, we seek You in a am told the majority leader will be out bill offered on the floor at the same world filled with challenges and prob- shortly. Let me just mention that the time called the Specter-Santorum bill. lems. Prepare the Members of this body vote is likely to be moved from 5:45 to That bill was supported by the Bush for the rigors of solving life’s riddles 5:55, for the information of all Sen- administration. Both bills passed, but today. Give them the wisdom to seek ators. We have a structured order for the Specter-Santorum bill never made common opportunities, to accomplish debate for the balance of the morning it through the House, and therefore the Your divine will in our world. Make and afternoon that has already been President was given the stem cell re- them instruments of Your love in the agreed to. search bill. He vetoed it. He exercised midst of hatred and strife. Teach them I yield the floor. the only veto of his administration to veto the stem cell bill. to spend and be spent for the good of f others. In order to reach out a hand of com- Lord, we intercede for them. Give STEM CELL RESEARCH promise to the White House, we then them the spiritual tools for strength of ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2007 incorporated in our bill, S. 5, today, thought, lightness of heart, sincerity of the Specter-Santorum bill of last year, which is part of S. 5. So it seems to me conviction, and clarity of purpose. HOPE OFFERED THROUGH PRIN- Renew their commitment to You as we have gone halfway at least in reach- CIPLED AND ETHICAL STEM ing out to the White House to provide their inspiration, their strength, their CELL RESEARCH ACT courage, their guide, and their Lord. a compromise situation. Now the White We pray in Your omniscient Name. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- House says they want to compromise Amen. pore. Under the previous order, the further. They want something else. Senate shall resume consideration of You can keep this up until there is f the following measures en bloc, which nothing left of the stem cell bill. the clerk will report. I wish to make it very clear that we PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The legislative clerk read as follows: have compromised. We have come half- The Honorable BENJAMIN L. CARDIN A bill (S. 5) to amend the Public Health way. We incorporated the bill the led the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: Service Act to provide for human embryonic President supported last year, so S. 5 I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the stem cell research. really is the compromise measure we United States of America, and to the Repub- A bill (S. 30) to intensify research to derive are sending to the President. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, human pluripotent stem cell lines. Mr. President, I yield 10 minutes or indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- whatever time he requires to the Sen- f pore. Under the previous order, there is ator from Massachusetts. now 90 minutes of debate under the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- APPOINTMENT OF ACTING control of the Senator from Iowa, Mr. pore. The Senator from Massachusetts PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE HARKIN, or his designee; 45 minutes is recognized. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The under the control of the Senator from Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I clerk will read a communication to the Minnesota, Mr. COLEMAN, and the Sen- again thank my friend and colleague Senate from the President pro tempore ator from Georgia, Mr. ISAKSON, and 45 from Iowa, Senator HARKIN, for his (Mr. BYRD). minutes under the control of the Sen- steadfast leadership in this extraor- The legislative clerk read the fol- ator from Kansas, Mr. BROWNBACK. dinarily important issue. We are full of lowing letter: Who yields time? The Senator from hope this afternoon about the votes Iowa. U.S. SENATE, here in the Senate. I welcome just a PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, before I few moments to express my own views Washington, DC, April 11, 2007. yield the floor to my colleague from about where I think we are and what I To the Senate: Massachusetts, I just want to again think the issues really are before the Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, bring people up to speed as to where we Senate. of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby are in this debate. We will debate the For years, many of us have fought appoint the Honorable BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, two bills again today, S. 5 and S. 30, all the same battle, the battle to give a Senator from the State of Maryland, to day. We will have two votes later today those suffering or injured every ethical perform the duties of the Chair. at a time to be determined by the lead- ROBERT C. BYRD, option for new cures. For those speak- President pro tempore. ers but I think right prior to 6 p.m, the ing on the Senate floor, perhaps little first vote occurring on S. 5, an up-or- Mr. CARDIN thereupon assumed the changes from one year’s debate to the down vote without amendments, and chair as Acting President pro tempore. next. We still speak of hope. We still after that would be an up-or-down vote speak of dreams denied when those f on S. 30, without amendments. hopes are dashed. We still speak of our I intend to take some time this belief that medical research should be RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME morning, after the Senator from Mas- valued. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- sachusetts speaks, again to outline the But for those who listen to our de- pore. Under the previous order, the differences in the two bills, why S. 5 is bate, a year can make all the dif- leadership time is reserved. a preferable bill and why that should ference in the world. For a young man ● This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. VerDate Sep 11 2014 13:43 Jun 29, 2017 Jkt 059102 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\FDSYS\BOUNDRECORD\S11AP7.REC S11AP7 ejoyner on DSK30MW082PROD with BOUND RECORD 8640 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 153, Pt. 6 April 11, 2007 or woman bravely serving their coun- have similar situations from their own very important. This ranks way up try, a year can make the difference be- States—and Sgt Jason Wittling, Ma- there in importance. tween vigorous active service and life rine Corps, injured in Karbala, again This is about life or death. It is about in a wheelchair or a brain injury from with spinal cord injuries. And that is science, and it is about inquiry. It is a war wound. For someone fighting the one of the areas where there is such about the search for unlocking the long and lonely battle against Alz- great hope. mysteries of what causes some of the heimer’s disease, a year can make the Finally, one of the most moving let- dreaded diseases here on Earth and how memory of a beloved spouse or child a ters I have received in the time I have we find cures for these dreaded dis- little fainter, a little more distant. For been in the Senate was on this issue, eases. a patient battling against the tremors from Lauren Stanford, from Plymouth, I chair a subcommittee that funds of Parkinson’s disease, a year can MA—15 years old. She wrote just after the science programs in our country, mean more and more life activities watching the President of the United especially the science programs that fade out of reach. States speak on this issue when he set have to do with, for example, energy If overturning the administration’s up the regime on which we have all and other related matters. I think unwarranted restrictions on stem cell commented, which limits the great science is fascinating. In my sub- research brings just one breakthrough, possibilities we have talked about dur- committee, we had testimony a while just one of the many that our best sci- ing the course of this debate. This is ago about studying termites. We are entists believe are possible, that break- what she said: studying the digestive system of ter- through can mean all the difference in That night— mites because we are trying to under- stand why it is when a termite eats the world for the patients who benefit.

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