“Frankly, federal funding of embryonic stem cell research can bring on embryo harvesting, perhaps even human cloning that occurs. We don’t want that…. And certainly that is something that we ought to be talking about, but let’s take care of business first. People are out of jobs.”

— Rep. Eric Cantor, (R-Va.) on CNN yesterday.
He was discussing the reported plan by the Obama White House to lift restrictions
on embryonic stem cell research.