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Charles Norwood: “I rise out of breath simply to urge my colleagues to vote for this. This is an enormous undertaking. The Secretary has…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2003
I rise out of breath simply to urge my colleagues to vote for this. This is an enormous undertaking. The Secretary has done a great job for us. I think all Americans I know are as concerned about bioterrorism as any part of terrorism out there. I thank the chairman for bringing this bill, and hopefully everybody here will help him and help the Secretary move this thing forward.
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Charles Norwood
Georgia

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Urging colleagues to support a bill related to bioterrorism.

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