James M. Talent: “The time has come for the government to admit responsibility for failure to protect our nation's blood supply.”

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.

The foundation of U.S. military power is the quality and morale of the men and women who have chosen to serve the Nation--in and out of uniform.

We will never remove nuclear weapons from the category of WMD given the nature of such an attack, but may have the opportunity to do so with bio-weapons.

I think the top-level political authority, which you all represent, what is it you want the outcome of this to be and why?