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The same advances in biotechnology that help save lives, can also be used to develop dangerous biological agents and toxins that can take lives. The new global information infrastructure that is now the backbone of our economy can be used to spread knowledge of how to create and disperse biological weapons.

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— Jane Harman, "Introduction of the "Select Agent Program and Biosafety Improvement Act of 2008" (2008)

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Harman, Jane (July 30, 2008). "Introduction of the "Select Agent Program and Biosafety Improvement Act of 2008"" . Congressional Record. United States Congress. p. E1623.