mr. speaker , i rise in strong support of this stem cell research bill . 
the science will go on with or without the united states . 
diabetes , alzheimer 's , lou gehrig 's disease , these diseases will be cured either here in the united states or somewhere else in the world . 
this bill is not about human cloning , which i oppose . 
an embryo is special tissue . 
we should not create them with the intent to terminate them later . 
but here , the embryos were created with the intent to bring more children into the world . 
many eggs were fertilized in this process and , once a baby is born , many fertilized eggs are left over , created with the intention to create a baby . 
as oliver wendell holmes stated , even a dog can tell the difference between a stumble and a kick . 
juries determine intent all the time and , here , intent is crucial . 
these cells were created with the intention of creating human life , and the only alternate fate for them now is disposal . 
let us not waste potential human life ; let us not waste these fertilized eggs by destroying them . 
let us use them to save human lives through stem cell research . 
support the castle-degette bill . 
