James M. Talent: “This legislation is not about charity, but about acknowledging the government's responsibility for this tragedy.”

I will devote my time to a substantive and very important subject-- the appropriate level of funding for America's military. It is an issue that I have worked on and fought for since I went to the House of Representatives in 1993. I am…

It just doesn't work if you have taken a subject that ought to be confined to one or two committees and you split it up among dozens and dozens of committees and subcommittees.

A rapid, effective response to a bio-attack can reduce casualty figures from hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands, to thousands or perhaps hundreds.

We can't take the strength and the quality of our servicemen and women for granted.