James M. Talent: “If you don't have the countermeasures, you can have all the rest of it done--it is like an army without bullets.”

I would just suggest I think success means protecting the American homeland, the territorial integrity of allies, the economy, from attacks.

My understanding of the science--and I will certainly invite Dr. Cairns and the deputy commissioner to weigh in here--is that probably, of the three, the weaponizing it would be the most difficult but, nevertheless, within the capability…

The threat of a bio-attack is, in my judgment, one of the greatest and gravest.

I believe in the dignity and value of life at all stages. I strongly supported the ban on partial-birth abortions. My opponent opposed it.