But if this bill were passed like this, I can assure you that universities would be in an uproar over it. They would view this as a severe impediment to teaching students. This would make our country even less educated in the area of microbiology, and therefore even more susceptible to problems in bioterrorism. With this bill, we will not be able to educate people properly in this area.
On March 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.