Joe Lieberman: “Ultimately the number one standard has to be what is best for our troops, what is best for the men and women in uniform.”

If Congress were to formally authorize something that exists now, the National Veterinary Stockpile, that would send a strong message that this is a necessary national asset.

I think the reality of this threat to agricultural security has quite naturally now hit the people in the industry more than people outside.

I hope you Members of the Committee in this session will similarly rise to the challenge of this moment and this problem and work together to get something good and great done for our country.

nobody in the Government could actually tell us how much we were spending on biodefense.