[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 131 (Wednesday, September 16, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2282]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                        HON. ROSCOE G. BARTLETT

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 16, 2009

  Mr. BARTLETT. Madam Speaker, I submit the following: Funding of 
$1,000,000 is necessary to address the challenges of sample preparation 
and detection/diagnosis of biological warfare agents. The ASP 
technology has the ability to process both environmental and clinical 
biological samples for subsequent analysis on both nucleic acid and/or 
immunoassay detection/diagnostic systems, and when mated to currently 
fielded and new detection systems will enhance warfighter capability to 
detect and identify hundreds of potential targets simultaneously within 
a single analysis on a single detection/diagnostic platform.

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