Reference Shelf - Volume 74, Number 6

Contents

Preface vii

I. Responses to September 11th 1

1) George E. Pataki. Joint Session of the New York State Legislature 3

2) Galen J. Guengerich. The Shaking of the Foundations 6

3) George W. Bush. Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People 11

4) Rudolph W. Giuliani. United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Terrorism 19

5) Laura Welch Bush. Taliban Oppression of Women and Children 26

6) Jonathan F. Fanton. Chicago Council on Foreign Relations 28

7) Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani. Muslims Within the Democratic Framework 33

II. Character and Heroism 41

1) Christopher J. "Gus" Loria. In Defense of Liberty 43

2) Mary O. Donohue. Maria College Commencement 50

3) Zayed Muhammed Yasin. Of Faith and Citizenship: My American Jihad 57

4) Colin L. Powell. Acceptance of the 14th Annual Philadelphia Liberty Medal 59

5) Mark Schweiker. Flight 93 Patriots: Our Heroes, Our Family 66

6) Donald H. Rumsfeld. Arlington National Cemetery Funeral Service for the Unidentified Victims of the Attack on the Pentagon 68

III. Immigration 71

1) Dan Stein. U.S. Asylum Policy: Reforms Needed in Current System 73

2) Linda Chavez-Thompson. Immigration Reform 86

3) Mark Krikorian. Immigration and Civil Rights in the Wake of September 11 90

4) Wade Henderson. Statement at SEIU Immigration Press Conference 97

5) John Ashcroft. Remarks on the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System 99

IV. Labor and the Economy 103

1) Elaine L. Chao. State of the Workforce 105

2) Thomas Daschle. America’s Economy: Rising to Our New Challenges 110

3) Harvey L. Pitt. Remarks Before the Economic Club of New York 123

4) John J. Sweeney. Remarks on the Wall Street Rally 128

V. Food Safety 133

1) Janet Abrams and Laurie Girand. S.T.O.P.’s Position on FDA’s Prevention Efforts Toward BSE to Date 135

2) Gregory Conko. Behind the Headlines: What Laymen Should Know About Everyday Issues in Science and Health 139

3) John D. Dingell. Food Safety and Bioterrorism Legislation 149

4) Elsa Murano. Taking Food Safety to the Next Level 155

VI. Stem Cell Research and Cloning 161

1) Carl B. Feldbaum. Keeping the Faith 163

2) James R. Langevin. Testimony at the Hearing on Stem Cell Research 171

3) Stuart A. Newman. Testimony at the Hearing on Human Cloning 174

4) Nigel M. de S. Cameron. Biotechnology and the Struggle for Human Dignity: Whatever Happened to the Human Race? 178

Cumulative Speaker Index: 2000–2002 189

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