Richard Burr: “Let me try to connect the logic with the reality, that if the Senator permits me, I will sit down with him next week. I…”

“Let me try to connect the logic with the reality, that if the Senator permits me, I will sit down with him next week. I believe I can show him at least the initial language that puts this altogether in a comprehensive way and in fact addresses not only the deliberate and accidental biological, chemical, and radiological threats but also includes the natural threat that avian flu clearly emanates from. I believe there is a new structure, not an existing structure, within the framework that will work, and if the Senator will work with me next week, I think his comfort level would be as great as mine today that we can address this threat in a comprehensive way, and that is a pledge that we will do it expeditiously, this year.”