Mr. Chairman, I do want to mention--it is not directly responsive, but it is related--that it happens that Senator Ayotte and Senator Booker have introduced a bill for the Department of Homeland Security to reach into its stockpile of anthrax vaccine and provide it for first responders across the country.
Lieberman discusses a bill for anthrax vaccine distribution to first responders.
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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 appreciate the leadership that the Committee is showing, because this really is a threat to our country.
next year will be the 100th anniversary of the influenza outbreak of 1918. They estimate that at least 50 million and maybe as many as 100 million people died from that flu in 1 year globally.
The Department of Agriculture I gather is in the final stages and close to issuing a rule on reportable animal disease.
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