With Honor Action endorses H.R. 2707, the Protecting American Families and Servicemembers from Anthrax Act, led by For Country Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Don Davis (D-NC), an Air Force veteran, and caucus member Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA), a Navy veteran.
“The American people remember the terror caused by the 2001 Anthrax attacks, and understand our adversaries are unafraid to deploy these novel weapons against us,” said Rye Barcott, co-founder and CEO of With Honor. “With Honor is proud to endorse this bipartisan legislation that ensures the nation has a comprehensive strategy to protect its warfighters and citizens from these kinds of attacks, and a fully stocked Strategic National Stockpile is the only solution. We thank For Country Caucus Co-Chair and member Reps. Don Davis and Jen Kiggans for ensuring the safety of our first responders, service members, and the American people from the threat of Anthrax or other chemical or biological weapons.”
This legislation requires the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs and counterparts on the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) to develop a modernized ten-year strategy for ensuring sustained stockpiling of FDA-approved or cleared anthrax countermeasures, including the replenishment, consistent with requirement levels, of such Anthrax therapeutics stockpiled in the Strategic National Stockpile and by the Secretary of Defense.