COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCEMICHAEL BILIRAKIS, FloridaJOE BARTON, TexasFRED UPTON, MichiganCLIFF STEARNS, FloridaPAUL E. GILLMOR, OhioJAMES C. GREENWOOD, PennsylvaniaCHRISTOPHER COX, CaliforniaNATHAN DEAL, GeorgiaSTEVE LARGENT, OklahomaRICHARD BURR, North CarolinaED WHITFIELD, KentuckyGREG GANSKE, IowaCHARLIE NORWOOD, GeorgiaBARBARA CUBIN, WyomingJOHN SHIMKUS, IllinoisHEATHER WILSON, New MexicoJOHN B. SHADEGG, ArizonaCHARLES ‘‘CHIP’’ PICKERING, MississippiVITO FOSSELLA, New YorkROY BLUNT, MissouriTOM DAVIS, VirginiaED BRYANT, TennesseeROBERT L. EHRLICH, Jr., MarylandSTEVE BUYER, IndianaGEORGE RADANOVICH, CaliforniaCHARLES F. BASS, New HampshireJOSEPH R. PITTS, PennsylvaniaMARY BONO, CaliforniaGREG WALDEN, OregonLEE TERRY, NebraskaW.J. ‘‘BILLY’’ TAUZIN, Louisiana, ChairmanJOHN D. DINGELL, MichiganHENRY A. WAXMAN, CaliforniaEDWARD J. MARKEY, MassachusettsRALPH M. HALL, TexasRICK BOUCHER, VirginiaEDOLPHUS TOWNS, New YorkFRANK PALLONE, Jr., New JerseySHERROD BROWN, OhioBART GORDON, TennesseePETER DEUTSCH, FloridaBOB<strong>BY</strong> L. RUSH, IllinoisANNA G. ESHOO, CaliforniaBART STUPAK, MichiganELIOT L. ENGEL, New YorkTOM SAWYER, OhioALBERT R. WYNN, MarylandGENE GREEN, TexasKAREN MCCARTHY, MissouriTED STRICKLAND, OhioDIANA DEGETTE, ColoradoTHOMAS M. BARRETT, WisconsinBILL LUTHER, MinnesotaLOIS CAPPS, CaliforniaMICHAEL F. DOYLE, PennsylvaniaCHRISTOPHER JOHN, LouisianaJANE HARMAN, CaliforniaDAVID V. MARVENTANO, Staff DirectorJAMES D. BARNETTE, General CounselREID P.F. STUNTZ, Minority Staff Director and Chief CounselSUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONSMICHAEL BILIRAKIS, FloridaCLIFF STEARNS, FloridaPAUL E. GILLMOR, OhioSTEVE LARGENT, OklahomaRICHARD BURR, North CarolinaED WHITFIELD, KentuckyVice ChairmanCHARLES F. BASS, New HampshireW.J. ‘‘BILLY’’ TAUZIN, Louisiana(Ex Officio)JAMES C. GREENWOOD, Pennsylvania, Chairman(II)PETER DEUTSCH, FloridaBART STUPAK, MichiganTED STRICKLAND, OhioDIANA DEGETTE, ColoradoCHRISTOPHER JOHN, LouisianaBOB<strong>BY</strong> L. RUSH, IllinoisJOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan,(Ex Officio)2VerDate 11-MAY-2000 07:46 May 24, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 71495.TXT HCOM2 PsN: HCOM2
C O N T E N T SPageTestimony of:Boisselier, Brigitte, Scientific Director, Clonaid ............................................ 52Cameron, Nigel M. de S., Principal, Strategic Futures Group ..................... 103Caplan, Arthur L., Director, Center of Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania.............................................................................................................. 95Eibert, Mark D., the Law Offices of Mark Eibert .......................................... 107Hanson, Jayde, Assistant General Secretary, General Board of Churchand Society, the United Methodist Church ................................................ 129Jaenisch, Rudolph, Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology............................................................................................................. 44Murray, Thomas H., National Bioethics Advisory Commission ................... 81Okarma, Thomas B., President and CEO, Geron Corporation ..................... 34Pence, Gregory, Professor of Philosophy, School of Medicine and Humanities,University of Alabama at Birmingham ............................................. 100Rael, Leader, Raelian Movement .................................................................... 132Soules, Michael R., President, American Society of Reproductive Medicine................................................................................................................. 120Terry, Sharon F., Genetics Alliance, Inc ........................................................ 118Westhusin, Mark E., Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, Collegeof Veterinary Medicine ................................................................................. 38Wicker, Randolfe H., Founder, Clone Rights United Front, spokesmanfor the Human Cloning Foundation ............................................................ 124Zavos, Panos Michael, Founder, Director and Chief Andrologist,Andrology Institute of America .................................................................... 47Zoon, Kathryn C., Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research,Food and Drug Administration .................................................................... 78Material submitted for the record by:Best, Robert A., President, Culture of Life Institute, prepared statementof ..................................................................................................................... 145Mitchell, C. Ben, prepared statement of ......................................................... 148(III)3VerDate 11-MAY-2000 07:46 May 24, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 71495.TXT HCOM2 PsN: HCOM2
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- Page 7 and 8: 3Would human cloning lessen the wor
- Page 9 and 10: 5Chairman TAUZIN. Thank you, Mr. Ch
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- Page 36 and 37: 32Mr. JOHN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman
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48technologies, we’re able today
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50from the testes of infertile men
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52not be taken away from people, be
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54a result of this declaration, I w
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56Too much pressure, too many expec
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58requires some level of scientific
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60an abnormal person. So I think it
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62to the world, back to this earthl
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64which is not true for cow which i
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66Ms. BOISSELIER. University of Hou
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68Ms. BOISSELIER. Soon.Ms. DEGETTE.
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70Mr. ZAVOS. No, no. We believe tha
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72cloning process. And without that
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74have to look at the structure of
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76Mr. LARGENT. So the answer is no,
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78that very much and you are excuse
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80that people have incorrectly stat
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82My name is Dr. Thomas Murray. I
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84human subjects against irresponsi
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86might be born as a result of this
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88ever, it is not unusual for the g
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90Mr. DEUTSCH. Because there really
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92Ms. ZOON. When we found out about
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94Mr. GREENWOOD. The time of the ge
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96Be that as it may I think there a
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98There has been progress in the cl
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100may find that it is a terrible e
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102entists tried to get this ban ov
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104lies in our hands. And we face a
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106clude Ireland, Israel, Italy, Fr
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108strict IVF and similar high-tech
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110while ‘‘clone then love’
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112What Cloning Is Not—The ‘‘
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114And the largest group of people
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116The last piece to the legal puzz
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118cloning law on both scientific f
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120mendous potential human safety r
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122age him to do this research and
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124I realize there have been calls
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126‘‘from which I have no assoc
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128TO HAVE CHILDREN,’’ I ask th
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130of ourselves as humans in our pr
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132Our Genetic Science Task Force c
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134But this was also true in occide
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136So we utilized good science to d
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138egg and so on. What you’re tal
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140Mr. DEUTSCH. I think that’s ac
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142and dad? We all did that when we
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144Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act or
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146Mister Chairman, the embryo may
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148The current low rate of cloning
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150TIME magazine’s pictorial, ‘
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152John A. Robertson, University of