mr. speaker , i yield myself the balance of my time . 
mr. speaker , first i would like to give my heartfelt thanks to my partner , the gentleman from delaware ( mr. castle ) xz4000700 , our bipartisan whip team , the 201 cosponsors of this bill , and so many others who spoke today from the bottom of their hearts . 
more than 100 years ago , justice oliver wendell holmes recognized that we are living in an increasingly complex world and that `` the chief worth of civilization is just that it makes the means of living more complex. '' this world , he says , `` calls for great and combined intellectual efforts instead of simple , uncoordinated ones. '' the truth of justice holmes ' words in today 's complex world is best seen in the state of scientific research . 
we are on the verge of breakthroughs that will cure diseases that affect tens of millions of americans . 
yet some want to turn away from this potential , to refuse to even acknowledge its existence , simply because they do not understand the complexity of this issue . 
this refusal is slowing the process of ethical science and , worse , delaying advancements that could cure diseases that affect patients and families around the world . 
our constituents want more from us . 
they want their elected officials to thoughtfully examine tough issues like embryonic stem cell research , and create policies that address both practical and ethical challenges . 
they also expect us to consider these issues not as democrats or as republicans , not as pro-life or pro-choice , but as people with family members and friends whose lives could be made better or even saved by our decisions . 
passing h.r. 810 will allow the federal government to enable scientists , not politicians , to determine whether embryonic stem cell research will lead to cures for diseases that now plague us , and it will do so while establishing the clear and strict ethical guidelines that are absent today . 
in 2001 , the president issued his executive order establishing the current embryonic stem cell research policy in an attempt to balance bioethics and science . 
in the last 4 years , it has become clear that the policy has failed on both counts . 
research has been stymied in this country , going into private hands and offshore . 
research moves ahead , but not with the resources and coordination of the national institutes of health and without clear ethical standards . 
i recognize that new science creates new moral dilemmas . 
that is why our bill sets explicit controls on how stem cell lines can be created . 
it gives another option for embryos created for in vitro fertilization , embryos created in petri dishes , that would otherwise be destroyed so that they can be used to potentially save or extend lives . 
it gives the patients for whom the embryos are created the decision on how they will be used : as now , freezing for possible future use ; discarding them as medical waste or donating them to other couples for implantation ; and if this bill passes , another option , donating them for critical research that could save millions of lives of people who are already born . 
here is why we need to pass this bill . 
these are two young brothers from denver , colorado . 
wyatt and noah forman . 
both of these boys have type 1 diabetes , and both of them have been diagnosed since they were 2. a couple of months ago , little noah had convulsions in the middle of the night from low blood sugar . 
his parents thought they would lose him , and now they can not sleep at night . 
without a cure , wyatt and noah face possible complications ranging from a heart attack to kidney failure or even blindness as they grow up . 
how can we tell these boys , these two boys and millions of others , that we would rather throw the embryonic stem cells that could provide them a cure than to allow them to be donated for science ? 
how can we tell our colleagues , the gentleman from rhode island ( mr. langevin ) xz4002300 and the gentleman from illinois ( mr. evans ) xz4001260 , our mothers with alzheimer 's , our brothers with lou gehrig 's disease , the millions of americans who are praying for a cure and for whom embryonic stem cell research may hold the key , sorry , the federal government is opting out ? 
let us not let 1 more year , 1 more month , or 1 more day go by without acting . 
let us reclaim the federal government 's role as the leader in ethical basic research . 
let us give those whom we are sworn to represent hope . 
let us pass h.r. 810 . 
