Robert Aderholt: “There is broad consensus that construction and eventual operation of this facility is crucial to our national security.…”

“There is broad consensus that construction and eventual operation of this facility is crucial to our national security. This language that we have included in the CR will help ensure that we get this project done while existing firm oversight and risk costs are being considered. We have included rigorous oversight language in the CR requiring the Science and Technology to revise its risk analysis once it has completed 50 percent of the design planning of the facility, at which time it will have fully incorporated the Department's planned biosafety security measures. The CR also provides for the National Academy of Sciences to review the revised analysis.”