BlueOregon today has a guest

BlueOregon today has a guest column by State Representative Larry Galizio saying he wants to put Oregon on the map in stem cell research:

I am drafting legislation that will place Oregon in the company of other states at the vanguard of stem cell research. While we may not have the $3 billion investment California has created, we will join our neighbors to the north, Washington State, in promoting cutting-edge scientific research with the potential to significantly improve public health and perhaps eradicate diseases plaguing over 100 million of our fellow citizens.

I stand with Senators Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden in supporting an increase in our public investment in embryonic stem cell research. And while I'm disappointed that President Bush has chosen to privilege politics and ideology over science, I am inspired by the legislative response to this federal veto by many of my colleagues in state houses throughout the U.S.

A Congressman and his dog.