As technology has raced ahead, ethical, legal, and social challenges have presented themselves, and the nation is facing critical questions about how we will allow genetic information to be handled and used. This Article contends that Congress stands at a crossroads, as it can pass legislation that will protect genetic information from employer and insurance discrimination and thereby encourage Americans to take advantage of genetic testing to prevent and prepare or potential diseases, or it can continue to stand by at the expense of future scientific breakthroughs and American lives.