WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined their colleagues in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to move forward with the USDA's avian flu vaccine strategy for poultry while encouraging a comprehensive, science-based approach.
"We are writing to encourage the U.S. Department of Agriculture to continue prioritizing an avian flu vaccine strategy that takes into account a comprehensive, science-based approach for the potential vaccination of poultry and livestock that have been impacted by this disease," wrote the Senators. "Avian flu infections have already begun to increase as winter approache...