Funding provided by this subcommittee is what pays for the Nation's medical countermeasures (MCM), including the drugs, medicines, and devices that protect Americans against bioterrorism, pandemic influenza, and other emerging infections.
Harkin outlines the subcommittee's critical funding role in public health security.
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