Statement on President Bush's Veto of H.R. 810, The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act

Statement on President Bush's Veto of H.R. 810, The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act (7/19/06)

"Time and again, on issues ranging from evolution to medical research to global climate change, President Bush has rejected sound science in favor of ideological bias. America cannot compete successfully in the 21st Century with such a mindset."

—U.S. Representative Tom Allen issued the following statement in reaction to President George W. Bush's veto today of H.R. 810, The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act:

"Embryonic stem cell research offers promise to millions of Americans suffering from spinal cord injuries and chronic illnesses including cancer, Parkinson's disease, Lou Gehrig's disease and diabetes. The politicization of this issue threatens to undermine groundbreaking research, impede science and jeopardize the health and well-being of helpless victims and their families. President Bush has chosen to issue his first veto on legislation that received wide, bipartisan support, including such stalwart conservatives as Senators Frist and Hatch. Former First Lady Nancy Reagan has appealed for federal support of embryonic stem cell research as vitally important to the search for a cure to Alzheimer's disease which caused the death of President Reagan. Time and again, on issues ranging from evolution to medical research to global climate change, President Bush has rejected sound science in favor of ideological bias. America cannot compete successfully in the 21st Century with such a mindset. Unless we rejoin the path of progress soon, future generations will look back on this period in our history as a dark age when government shuttered the windows of knowledge and dimmed the light of reason."

http://tomallen.house.gov/article.asp?id=701