Rep. PeterDeutsch, D-Florida, a co-sponsor of the Greenwood measure, said he agreed with the idea that human cloning should be banned, but said some cloning practices should be allowed for the sake of scientific research.
Michael Forbes (R- NY), Jim Saxton (R-NJ) and PeterDeutsch (D-FL) and a written statement from the Majority Whip, Tom DeLay (R-TX), fellow legislators were warned of the dire consequences sure to flow should the United States be seen as rewarding such behavior by providing -- despite it -- vast amounts of foreign aid to Arafat and his operatives.