More than two dozen Presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed individuals with some responsibility for biodefense, not one has it for a full-time job, and nobody is in charge.

Unfortunately, our Government is not sufficiently prepared for such an attack.

Would you take back a concern on my part that it should be considered and planning should exist for a response and appropriate action for such an attack?

Unfortunately, Mr. Chairman and Senator Kyl, I am not proud of the lack of progress in the field of biosecurity.

What I am going to suggest is that--I have got a couple questions that I can ask both of you for the record, but let me preview what they are.

I am working on it in two other specific areas I will not mention to try to get--yes, there is a superficial commitment to a particular cause the Government has to address.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), and the Senator from…

Mr. President, I would like to speak for a few moments about a memorandum that was received in the offices of Senator Charles Grassley, pursuant to a request of the Department of Homeland Security, which has, unfortunately, raised a lot of…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr…

Let me ask you both. Ms. Sprague, you indicated I think three specific things here that would be helpful to you.

I think it is much more difficult for people to try and pass themselves off as Americans than it is for Americans to pass themselves off as other Americans.