Burr's pandemic bill

Sen. Richard Burr has introduced a bill to make sure the country is prepared to respond to a range of medical and public health emergencies in a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attack.



Burr, along with Sens. Tom Harkin, a Democrat from Iowa, Mike Enzi, a Republican from Wyoming, and Bob Casey, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, introduced a bill reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act initially passed five years ago.

"The threats facing our nation are serious, and we must address them accordingly," Burr said in a statement. "The American people expect us to do all that we can to prevent an attack and, if one should occur, be fully prepared to respond, including having safe and effective medical countermeasures readily available."

The program is the country's effort to prepare for the unthinkable, including stockpiling vaccines in case of a biological attack.

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Sun Journal Letter to the Editor

BEWARE the Lame Duck

Perhaps the most dangerous time ahead for our Nation will occur when Congress reconvenes after November 2nd.


Democrats in the Senate, in early October, held a recess hearing covering a taxpayer bailout of union pensions and a plan to seize private 401(k) plans to more "fairly" distribute taxpayer-funded pensions to everyone.

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee heard from hand-picked witnesses advocating the infamous "Guaranteed Retirement Account" (GRA).

In a nutshell, under the GRA system government would seize private 401(k) accounts, setting up an additional 5% mandatory payroll tax to dole out a "fair" pension to everyone using that confiscated money coupled with the mandated contributions. This would, of course, be a sister government ponzi scheme working in tandem with Social Security, the primary purpose being to give big government politicians additional taxpayer funds to raid to pay for their out-of-control spending.

We can also expect a renewal of the Dream (Amnesty) Act (S-729) which was defeated when it was attached to the Defense Authorization Bill.

The DREAM Act has two major components:

(1) it grants amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and

(2) it reverses current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens.

When S-729 first failed, Senators Reid and Durbin took to the Senate floor to angrily denounce the Senators who voted no. They accused their colleagues of not having the courage to bring the DREAM Act to a vote and vowed that this would not end the fight to pass this amnesty legislation. Amnesty is a big part of the progressive agenda; it is also a recruitment tool for the Socialists in the Democratic Party.

If any of this doesn’t sound like a government you grew up with, it’s not. It is the new order of things for Americans and it is Americans who can stop this a few weeks from now. First we must vote out the progressive liberals who are flirting with Socialism. After their removal we must unite under a common cause; the destruction of Socialism on our shores.

When Democrats, Republicans, Independents and Conservatives come together, there is nothing they cannot achieve. Isn’t it time we stand together?

Louis Call, River Bend, NC