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<h2 align="center">Congressional Hearings Held on <br>
  Human Cloning</h2>
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  <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><a href="#labor">Senate 
    Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee</a><br>
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  <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><a href="#commerce">Senate 
    Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee</a><br>
    </font></li>
  <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><a href="#health">Senate 
    Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee</a></font></li>
  <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><a href="#sjudiciary">Senate 
    Judiciary Committee</a><br>
    </font></li>
  <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><a href="#energy">House 
    Energy and Commerce Committee</a><br>
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  <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><a href="#govt">House 
    Government Reform Committee</a><a href="#commerce"></a><br>
    </font></li>
  <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><a href="#hjudiciary">House 
    Judiciary Committee</a></font></li>
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<h3 align="left"><b><b><a name="labor"></a></b></b>Senate Appropriations Committee 
  -- Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies 
  <a href="http://www.senate.gov/%7Eappropriations/subcommittees/labor/topics.cfm?code=labor">(Link 
  to subcommittee site)</a></h3>
<p><b> December 4, 2001, 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building</b><br>
  <u>Witnesses:</u><br>
  <i>Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)<br>
  Michael D. West, Ph.D.</i>, President and CEO, Advanced Cell Technology<br>
  <i>Ronald M. Green, Ph.D.</i>, Department of Religion and Ethics Institute, 
  Dartmouth College<br>
  <i>Bert Vogelstein, M.D.</i>, National Research Council and Johns Hopkins Oncology 
  Center <br>
  <i>Phyllis Greenberg</i>, Society for Women's Health Research</p>
<p><b>January 24, 2002, 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building</b><br>
  <u>Witnesses:</u><br>
  <i>Irving L. Weissman, M.D.</i>, Stanford University School of Medicine<i><br>
  Rudolf Jaenisch, M.D.</i>, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
  <i>Dr. Brent Blackwelder</i>, Friends of the Earth<br>
  <i>Dr. Maria Michejda</i>, Georgetown University Medical Center<i><br>
  </i></p>
<p><b>March 12, 2002, 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building</b><br>
  <u>Witnesses:</u><br>
  <i>Former Senator Connie Mack (R-FL)<br>
  Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI)<br>
  Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D.</i>, Columbia University<br>
  <i>Silviu Itescu, M.D.</i>, New York-Presbyterian Hospital<br>
  <i>Kevin Kline</i>, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation</p>
<h3 align="left"><b><b><a name="commerce"></a></b></b>Senate Commerce, Science 
  and Transportation Committee -- Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space 
  <a href="http://commerce.senate.gov/">(Link to committee site)</a></h3>
<p align="left"><b>Science and Ethics of Human Cloning<br>
  January 29, 2003, 253 Russell Senate Office Building<br>
  </b><u>Witnesses:</u><b><br>
  </b><i>Senator Orrin Hatch Senator (R-UT)</i><br>
  <i>Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA)</i><br>
  <i>Representative Pat Toomey (R-PA)</i><br>
  <i>Representative Dave Weldon (R-FL)</i><br>
  <i>Dr. Leon R. Kass</i>, Chairman, The President's Council on Bioethics<br>
  <i> Ms. Kris Gulden</i>, Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research<br>
  <i> Dr. Anton-Lewis Usala</i>, East Carolina University <br>
</p>
<p align="left"><b>Cloning: A Risk to Women?<br>
  March 27, 2003, 253 Russell Senate Office Building<br>
  </b><u>Witnesses:</u><b><br>
  </b><i>Senator Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA)</i><br>
  <i>Dr. John Bruchalski</i><br>
  <i>Dr. Maria del Carmen Bustillo</i>, South Florida Institute for Reproductive 
  Medicine<br>
  <i> Ms. Lynne Millican</i>, Patient/Advocate<br>
  <i> Ms. R. Alta Charo</i>, University of Wisconsin Law and Medical Schools<br>
  <i> Mr. Andrew Kimbrell</i>, International Center for Technology Assessment<br>
  <i> Mr. Richard Doerflinger</i>, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops</p>
<h3 align="left"><b><b><a name="health"></a></b></b>Senate Health, Education, 
  Labor and Pensions Committee <a href="http://www.senate.gov/%7Elabor">(Link 
  to committee site)</a></h3>
<p align="left"><b>The Dangers of Cloning and The Promise of Regenerative Medicine<br>
  March 5, 2002<br>
  </b><u>Witnesses:</u><b><br>
  </b><i>Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) <br>
  Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA)<br>
  Mr. Christopher Reeve</i>, Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation <br>
  <i>Paul Berg, Ph.D.</i>, Stanford University Medical School <br>
  <i>Thomas Murray, Ph.D.</i>, The Hastings Center <br>
  <i>Ms. Judy Norsigian</i>, The Boston Women's Health Book Collective <br>
  <i>Stuart A. Newman, Ph.D.</i>, New York Medical College </p>
<h3><b><b><a name="sjudiciary"></a></b></b>Senate Judiciary Committee <a href="http://www.senate.gov/%7Ejudiciary">(Link 
  to committee site)</a></h3>
<p><b>Human Cloning: Must We Sacrifice Medical Research in the Name of a Total 
  Ban?<br>
  February 5, 2002, 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building</b><br>
  <u>Witnesses:</u> <i><br>
  Representative Dave Weldon (R-FL)<br>
  Representative James C. Greenwood (R-PA)<br>
  Dr. Irving L. Weissman</i>, The National Academies and Stanford University School 
  of Medicine<br>
  <i>Professor Henry T. Greely</i>, Stanford University Law School<br>
  <i>Professor R. Alta Charo</i>, University of Wisconsin Law School<br>
  <i>Kris Gulden</i>, Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research<br>
  <i>Andrew Kimbrell</i>, International Center for Technology Assessment<br>
  <i>Father Kevin T. FitzGerald</i>, Georgetown University Medical Center</p>
<p><b>Promoting Ethical Regenerative Medicine Research and Prohibiting Immoral 
  Human Reproductive Cloning<br>
  March 19, 2003, 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building</b><br>
  <u>Witnesses:</u> <i><br>
  Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)<br>
  Representative Jim R. Langevin (D-RI)</i><br>
  <i>Dr. Leon Kass</i>, University of Chicago, President's Council on Bioethics<br>
  <i>Dr. Thomas Murray</i>, The Hastings Center<br>
  <i>Dr. Harold Varmus</i>, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center<br>
  <i>Dr. Anton-Lewis Usala</i>, East Carolina University<br>
  <i>Dr. Micheline Mathews-Roth</i>, Harvard Medical School<br>
  <i>Dr. Paul Berg</i>, Stanford University<br>
  <i>Mr. James Kelly</i>, Patient Advocate<br>
  <i>Mr. Gregg Wasson</i>, Patient Advocate</p>
<h3><b><a name="energy"></a></b>House Energy and Commerce Committee -- Subcommittee 
  on Health <a href="http://www.house.gov/commerce">(Link to committee site)</a></h3>
<p><b>June 20, 2001, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building</b><i><br>
  The Honorable Claude Allen</i>, Deputy Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human 
  Services<br>
  <i>Dr. Thomas Okarma</i>, Geron Corporation<br>
  <i>Leon Kass, M.D., Ph.D.</i>, The University of Chicago<br>
  <i>Mr. Louis Guenin</i>, Harvard Medical School<br>
  <i>Dr. Stuart Newman</i>, New York Medical College<br>
  <i>Mr. Dan Perry</i>, Alliance for Aging Research<br>
  <i>Ms. Judy Norsigian</i>, Boston Women's Health Book Collective<br>
  <i>Mr. Richard M. Doerflinger</i>, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops<br>
  <i>Mr. Francis Fukuyama</i>, George Mason University</p>
<h3>House Energy and Commerce Committee -- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations</h3>
<p><b>Issues Raised by Human Cloning Research<br>
  March 28, 2001, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building</b><i><br>
  Thomas B. Okarma, Ph.D., M.D.</i>, Geron Corporation <br>
  <i>Mark E. Westhusin, Ph.D.</i>, Texas A&M University<br>
  <i>Rudolf Jaenishch, Ph.D.</i>, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
  <i>Panos Michael Zavos, Ed.S., Ph.D.</i>, Andrology Institute of America<br>
  <i>Brigitte Boisselie, Ph.D.</i>, CloneAid<br>
  <i>Thomas Murray, Ph.D.</i>, National Bioethics Advisory Commission<br>
  <i>Kathryn C. Zoon, Ph.D.</i>, Food and Drug Administration<br>
  <i>Gregory Pence, Ph.D.</i>, University of Alabama at Birmingham<br>
  <i>Michael Soules, M.D.</i>, American Society of Reproductive Medicine<br>
  Randolphe H. Wicker, Human Cloning Foundation<br>
  <i> Rael</i>, Leader of the Raelian Movement<br>
  <i> Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D.</i>, University of Pennsylvania<br>
  <i>Jaydee Hanson</i>, The United Methodist<br>
  <i>Sharon Terry</i>, Genetics Alliance<br>
  <i>Mark Donald Eibert</i>, Law Offices of Mark Eibert<br>
  <i>Nigel M. De S. Cameron, Ph.D.</i>, Strategic Futures Group, LLC</p>
<h3><b><a name="govt"></a></b>House Government Reform Committee -- Subcommittee 
  on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources <a href="http://www.house.gov/reform">(Link 
  to committee site)</a></h3>
<p><b>Medical Science and Bioethics: Attack of the Clones?<br>
  May 15, 2002, 2154 Rayburn House Office Building</b><br>
  <u>Witnesses:</u><br>
  <i>Dr. Anton-Lewis Usala</i>, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University<br>
  <i>Dr. Bryan Cowan</i>, Department of OB/GYN, University of Mississippi Medical 
  Center<br>
  <i>Dr. Panos Zavos</i>, The Andrology Institute of America<br>
  <i>Mr. James Kelley</i>, Patient Advocate<br>
  <i>Ms. Elizabeth Howard, Esq.</i>, Patient Advocate, Coalition for the Advancement 
  of Medical Research<br>
  <i>Ms. Judy Norsigian</i>, Boston Women's Health Book Collective</p>
<h3><b><b><a name="hjudiciary"></a></b></b>House Judiciary Committee -- Subcommittee 
  on Crime <a href="http://www.house.gov/judiciary">(Link to committee site)</a></h3>
<p><b>Cloning Prohibition Legislation</b><br>
  <b>June 19, 2001, 2141 Rayburn House Office Building</b><br>
  <u>Witnesses:</u><br>
  <i>Alex Capron, Esq.</i>, University of Southern California School of Law<br>
  <i>Jean Bethke Elshtain, Ph.D.</i>, University of Chicago<br>
  <i>Gerard Bradley, Esq.</i>, Notre Dame Law School<br>
  <i>Thomas Okarma, Ph.D., M.D.</i>, Geron Corporation</p>
<p><i>Updated May 30, 2003</i></p>
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