Wayne Gilchrest: “I would really like once again to reiterate some points. First of all, this is a Republican amendment, I would just like…”

“I would really like once again to reiterate some points. First of all, this is a Republican amendment, I would just like to make that point. I am a Republican. We are all working together here. First of all, Mr. Chairman, no one wants to violate anybody's property rights at all. We do not want to do that. It is in the bill to protect property rights. This agenda to have volunteers is not to make something out of nothing. We are not going to run around there and try to find some hidden way to keep people from using their property. This is about biological data. What is the potential use of collecting biological data? There are a lot of viruses out there that are becoming resistant to antibiotics now. There is endless potential for a variety of chemical agents, yet uncovered, to be able to avoid calamities and disasters with new diseases or present diseases. This is about collecting biological data which will cure or help with heart problems, with cancer problems, with hypertension, with new viruses, with pain killers, with natural insecticides, with this plague that we call AIDS. This is biological data. We do not have enough money to pay for all of this information. We need well-trained, well-verified, good volunteers. I urge my colleagues to vote for the substitute amendment.”