Protecting the Homeland
We recognize the challenges ahead. That is why we are requesting $4.1 billion - a 14-hundred percent increase over 2001 - to strengthen our public health system.
These investments not only will better prepare the nation for and protects us from a bioterror attack, they also will better prepare us for any public health emergency. We already have seen our investments pay off in CDC's leadership in fighting the SARS outbreak last year and a coordinated public health response to the West Nile Virus. It even helped to deal with a particularly hard flu season.
This budget also provides the FDA with $30 million - an $8 million increase - to expand efforts to prevent BSE, or Mad Cow Disease, allowing FDA to intensify its efforts to keep forbidden animal proteins out of cattle feed.
Last Updated: February 3, 2004
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