Political Quotes

“I rise to speak regarding a topic that has emerged dramatically over the past 7 weeks, a topic that everybody in the United States of America has thought about, a topic that many of us in the Senate have been thinking about over the last 3 years. That topic is the use of viruses, bacteria, and other germs as bioterrorist weapons. Going back 3 years when the Senate Public Health Subcommittee began to look at the issue of bioterrorism, we had a series of hearings to study in depth the ability of our Nation's public health infrastructure. Those three words--``public health infrastructure''-- are words about which we hear a lot. People ask me: What is the public health infrastructure? I will address that question in a few minutes. The public health infrastructure is the basis of our preparedness and response to such bioterrorist attacks--who we call if something happens, what they do, who does the test, how they communicate with each other, and how quickly they respond.”