On the recordDecember 2, 2014
Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, at the urging of Senator Charles Schumer, began discussion of exercising Sec. 1498 authority.
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Schumer urged the use of Sec. 1498 to secure ciprofloxacin during the anthrax scare.
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