This is really a historic and important occasion for us.

That's an extraordinary occasion and an historic one,

I would like to congratulate all of you for participating peacefully in this historic occasion, ... This is a big step in the democracy of our nation.

I'm glad we're not losing them completely in California. Ed has tremendously high scientific standards, and his upbeat, 'can-do,' friendly personality is wonderful at getting people to work together on projects.

It will be the spring of 2007 before we will be able to pursue stem cell research on the scale that the voters of Prop. 71 expect.

This is indeed a day of celebration after what I would say was a long taxi down the runway.