Foxx Votes To Uphold President Bush's First Ever Veto

FOXX VOTES TO UPHOLD PRESIDENT BUSH'S FIRST EVER VETO
Wednesday July 19, 2006

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House Upholds Veto on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill

WASHINGTON - Tonight, United States Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-5) voted to uphold President Bush's first veto since he took office in 2001. The bill would have created incentives for the destruction of human life through embryonic stem cell research. Rep. Foxx hailed the House's upholding of the veto when it failed to receive the necessary two-thirds majority this evening (235 voting "yea" and 193 voting "nay").

"I am proud of the President for making this decisive statement against using embryonic stem cells for scientific research and am proud to support his veto," said Congresswoman Foxx. "As stewards of hard-working Americans' tax dollars, we cannot ask our constituents to fund the killing of human embryos. It is imperative that we do all we can to protect the most vulnerable members of our society, the unborn. Embryonic stem cells have been available for research for nearly five years and during that time government and private research on those stem cells has produced nothing and cured no one. In the meantime, ethical bio-medical treatment not derived from embryos, like that at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in my district, has helped cure over 70 diseases and counting."

The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005, initiated in the House, passed the Senate by a vote of 63-37 and was sent to the President's desk earlier today. He swiftly vetoed the legislation and sent it back to the House for Representatives for this evening's vote to either uphold or override his veto.

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