Nathan Deal quotes

Scientific advancement should aim to affirm and to improve human life. (Nathan Deal)
Consider this: I can go to Antarctica and get cash from an ATM without a glitch, but should I fall ill during my travels, a hospital there could not access my medical records or know what medications I am on. View quote
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Every year, nearly two-thirds of the approximately 200,000 patients in need of a bone marrow transplant will not find a marrow donor that matches within their families. View quote
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Using adult stem cells drawn from bone marrow and umbilical cord blood system cells, scientists have discovered new treatments for scores of diseases and conditions such as Parkinson's disease, juvenile diabetes, and spinal cord injuries. View quote
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While advances in scientific research have led to some new and exciting treatments that have enlarged and enhanced the quality and length of human life, we must not lose sight as to what we are trying to accomplish. View quote
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As a physician, I know many doctors want to utilize new technology, but they find the cost prohibitive. View quote
Nathan Deal
Cord blood stem cell units have been shown to be a suitable alternative to adult bone marrow for the treatment of many diseases, including sickle cell anemia. View quote
Nathan Deal
For the last 3 years, we have celebrated National Nurses Week. Beginning on May 6, we will once again have the opportunity to truly commend the nursing community for their contributions to our national health delivery system. View quote
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If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health, it should share that information with the FDA and petition for a new national standard. View quote
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What is fetus farming? Simply put, it is the creation and development of a human fetus for the purposes of later killing it for research or for harvesting its organs. View quote
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Nurses are an integral component of the health care system, and it is important that we recognize the over 2.7 million registered nurses for the significant work that they do. (Nathan Deal)
We have created a new demonstration program to allow families with a sick child who could be helped with a cord blood transplant from a sibling to bank cord blood from newborns should they decide to have another child. View quote
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Births to illegal immigrants now account for nearly one out of every ten births in the United States. View quote
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone. View quote
Nathan Deal
The Center for Immigration Studies found that illegal immigrants cost the United States taxpayer about $10.4 billion a year. A large part of that expense stems from the babies born each year to illegal immigrants. View quote
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Pluripotent cells have the ability to grow into any cell in the body. View quote
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On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship. View quote
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Just because scientists have the knowledge to do it, the technology to do it, and some may even have a financial motive or other incentive to do it, does not make it right. View quote
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In his 4 years in the White House, President Carter worked to make the Federal Government more competent and compassionate and more responsive to the American people. View quote
Nathan Deal
In fact, many nations currently refuse to support embryonic stem cell research of any kind. View quote
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We do not have a belief, in my way of looking at religion, that says we have to discriminate against anybody,” he said, noting that Jesus Christ reached out to the social outcasts of his time. "If you were to apply those standards to the teaching of Jesus, I don't think they fit." A passage in the Gospel of John about Jesus' outreach makes the point, he said, "that we have a belief in forgiveness and that we do not have to discriminate unduly against anyone on the basis of our own religious beliefs. (Nathan Deal)
I do not think we have to discriminate against anyone to protect the faith based community in Georgia of which my family and I are a part of for all of our lives. View quote
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With scientific advances, Congress must now make changes to reflect new therapeutic options. View quote
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