[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 27899]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                              BIOTERRORISM

  Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, there are many important issues on the 
agenda and the one that was being discussed is one of the most 
important, but not the only. There is other business that needs to get 
done before we leave, which is an issue that is of great concern and an 
issue I wanted to bring to the attention of the Senators.
  Before I get into that subject area, which relates to families and 
children and adoption, I want to thank the leadership. I thank Senator 
Kennedy and Senator Frist, the main sponsors of the bioterrorism 
legislation, for agreeing in a colloquy submitted on behalf of myself 
and Senator McConnell from Kentucky to add a provision that will help 
all hospitals to call on FEMA funds that may be available in the event 
of another terrorist attack when hospital resources are called on to 
assist victims of those attacks or if the hospitals are harmed 
themselves. I very much appreciate it because it seemed to be an 
oversight in the legislation.
  As that bill moves to conference, I particularly thank them for their 
sensitivities to provide funding for all hospitals in the event that 
that situation were to occur. Of course, we are all hopeful it does not 
and are working very hard to see it does not, but I thank them for 
agreeing.

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