Folks, just wanted to pass on the word that former Congressman Chris Bell, a member of the
StemPAC Advisory Board, has just launched his campaign for governor of the great state of Texas.
You may love him because he was the one who filed the ethics complaint against Tom Delay. We at StemPAC love him because he's been a tireless and eloquent fighter for stem cell research.
Here's a particularly relevant blurb from his announcement speech:
"And while we're on the subject of abortion politics, can we just ask why stem cell research got dragged into this? We have the best doctors in the world here in Texas, but they're falling behind the competition in Korea. We need to have faith in the future and fund stem cell research just like California and New York State and Illinois have done.
"My mom died in 1999 after a 10-year-long battle with Parkinson's disease. I know the toll a disease like that takes on a family and I will do anything to spare other families from going through the same. Rick Perry says that as long as he's governor, he'll oppose any taxpayer dollars going to fund stem cell research. Rick Perry is dead wrong. Jesus didn't tell us to heal the sick unless politics got in the way. When he healed the lepers, He didn't worry about slippery slopes and poll numbers. Curing disease is the right thing to do."
Full speech at:
http://www.chrisbell.com/speeches/081405_Pact_With_Parents
Go Chris! We're proud to have a leader like him on board
(literally)