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Senate the Senate Met at 9:30 A.M E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 109 CONGRESS, FIRSTSESSION Vol. 151 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 No. 123 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was U.S. SENATE, row at 11:30 we will vote on this nomi- called to order by the Honorable SAM PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, nation. Again, I remind all Senators to BROWNBACK, a Senator from the State Washington, DC, September 28, 2005. be at their desks for that vote. This is of Kansas. To the Senate: among the most significant votes that Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, most of us will cast in our Senate ca- of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby PRAYER appoint the Honorable SAM BROWNBACK, a reers, the approval of the nomination The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- Senator from the State of Kansas, to per- of Chief Justice of the United States. fered the following prayer: form the duties of the Chair. We ask Senators to come to the Cham- Let us pray. TED STEVENS, ber around 11:20 to be seated for the Almighty Father, the giver of gifts, President pro tempore. 11:30 vote. Following the confirmation on Judge help us to live in purity. Make all our Mr. BROWNBACK thereupon as- Roberts, the Senate will take up the thoughts so pure that they will bear sumed the Chair as Acting President Defense appropriations bill. Senators Your scrutiny. Make all our desires so pro tempore. should expect votes on Thursday, and pure that they will be rooted in Your f we will be voting on Friday on the ap- purposes. Make all our words so pure RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME propriations bill or any other legisla- that You will find pleasure in hearing The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- tive or executive items that are cleared them. Make all our actions so pure for action. that people will know that we are Your pore. Under the previous order, leader- ship time is reserved. I was talking to the Democratic lead- children. er to make sure that we are voting on Guide our lawmakers through the f Friday of this week. challenges of this day. Keep them from EXECUTIVE SESSION We also have a continuing resolution words that harm and do not help, from that we must act on this week before deeds that obstruct and do not build, the end of the fiscal year. Therefore, I from habits that shackle and do not NOMINATION OF JOHN G. ROB- ask that Senators adjust whatever liberate, and from ambitions that take ERTS, JR., TO BE CHIEF JUSTICE plans they have for the weekend or for and do not give. OF THE UNITED STATES—Re- Friday to recognize that we will be vot- Give to us all the blessings of asking sumed ing. We will not be voting on Monday and receiving, of seeking and finding, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- or Tuesday in observance of the Jewish and of knocking and opening. pore. Under the previous order, the holiday. But the Senate will be in ses- We pray in Your sovereign name. Senate will proceed to executive ses- sion to conduct business and discussing Amen. sion and resume consideration of Cal- amendments. Those amendments will endar No. 317, which the clerk will re- be stacked for votes on Wednesday. We f port. will notify Senators as to what time that will be. I encourage Senators to PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr., come forward and offer their amend- The Honorable SAM BROWNBACK led of Maryland, to be Chief Justice of the ments as early as possible so we can the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: United States. vote on Wednesday. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS United States of America, and to the Repub- pore. Under the previous order, the Mr. President, on another issue, an lic for which it stands, one nation under God, time from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. will be important issue—we have so much indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. under the control of the majority lead- going on in this body with the appro- priations bills, and the nomination f er, or his designee. coming forward, and that is going very RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER well in terms of the discussion on both APPOINTMENT OF ACTING The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE sides of the aisle. But there are many pore. The majority leader is recog- other issues as well. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The nized. I want to focus for a few minutes on clerk will please read a communication SCHEDULE an issue I do not believe is receiving to the Senate from the President pro Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today the the attention it deserves given the risk tempore (Mr. STEVENS). Senate resumes consideration of the that is before us. The legislative clerk read the fol- nomination of John Roberts to be Chief Yesterday, I sent a letter to Health lowing letter: Justice of the United States. Tomor- and Human Services Secretary Michael ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S10529 . VerDate Aug 31 2005 06:48 Dec 28, 2006 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORDCX\T37X$J0E\S28SE5.REC S28SE5 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with CONG-REC-ONLINE S10530 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 28, 2005 Leavitt regarding our Nation’s pan- mitted person to person to person. It is The vaccine testing today indicates demic preparedness. The H5–N1 avian a little bit like pulling the lever on a that an H5–N1 vaccine is safe and able influenza—the name of this particular Vegas slot machine over and over to generate a robust immune response strain of virus—has spread from South- again. If you pull it enough times, the in healthy adults. That is good. That east Asia to Russia. It is spreading reels will align and hit the jackpot. In shows real progress. This data is pre- across the world. this case the jackpot is a deadly virus liminary, but it represents a very posi- If you look at a map and look at that to which humans have no natural im- tive step that progress is being made. spread, it gives you real pause—and it munity. That is an important first step, how- should. It threatens to land in Europe. It is very important right now. No- ever, and this is the key: It would take Although you can’t say with certainty body listening to me has a natural im- 6 to 9 months to produce 180 million of as you look at that picture of the globe munity to this particular virus. In- what are called monovalent vaccines. and you see that spread, it will next be fected hosts are contagious before they If this virus did have that transmission in Europe and America, although we are symptomatic. In other words, any- ability, it would be traveling and rav- don’t know what that order will be. one walking around who is infectious aging our population with no vaccine It has infected more people and more can spread the disease. They may not available. Two doses are required. We poultry than any previous strain. If have any symptoms. The virus would could make 180 million. That is enough you look at the animal population—it thus have ample opportunity to spread to treat 90 million people in 9 months. is called the avian or bird influenza—it rapidly throughout the population be- It would take at least a full year to has caused the death or destruction of fore it could be detected or appro- produce enough vaccine for the entire not just a few million but 160 million priately contained—but not sympto- country. By that time, because this birds. That includes what is called the matic. You don’t know whether it can virus can be transmitted or could be ‘‘culling’’ that goes on. But 160 million be contained or know to stay away transmitted so easily, the risk is that birds have died as a result of this influ- from people. tens of thousands could die. enza. To make matters worse, we lack our Some ask, why do I use such high fig- It has jumped from animals, the birds best defense. People say, If it does hap- ures? We do have a historical prece- and other animals, actually, with a ge- pen, surely in America or in the world dent. Look back to 1917 and 1918 and netic shift to humans. People ask, How today we have a vaccine, and we have the Spanish flu. That pandemic killed many humans have been infected? We a robust antiviral stockpile. If you not just tens of thousands but 40 mil- do not know exactly, but we have docu- think you are disposed, or if you are a lion people worldwide. The Spanish flu mented 115 confirmed human cases of physician or health personnel and go virus killed 40 million people world- this particular H5–N1 influenza. into a community to treat it, do we wide, the majority of whom were kids, How fatal is it? It is fatal. The mor- have enough of the antiviral pill which children, and young adults between the tality rate is very high.
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