DEMOCRATIC LEADERS PRESS ADMINISTRATION ON AVIAN FLU PREPARATIONS

Washington, DC – Today, a group of Democratic Senators joined together to urge the Bush administration to lay out its plans to prepare Americans for a potential Avian flu pandemic. In a letter to Secretary Michael Leavitt, the Senators called on the administration to provide crucial information to the Congress and the American people about their plans to prepare and protect Americans from this potentially catastrophic illness.