James M. Talent: “That is lower even than the national average.”

they have a more accurate strategic view of the world than we do.

the biggest enemy I think we confront in this is inertia, and to defeat inertia, it takes tremendous leadership and perseverance.

I think if we don't do that, then the other things that you are working on legislatively--as important as they are, are likely to fail in execution.

We ought to do for other biological agents what we have done for smallpox and, to some extent, for anthrax; and then continue to support FDA.