"The People's Genome Celebration"

News conference on the eve of the People's Genome Celebration to announce a new effort to pass legislation banning genetic discrimination in the work place and in health insurance. Participants: Sen. Thomas Daschle, D-S.D.; Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter, D-N.Y.; Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.; Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman, Agriculture Committee=; Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.;Rep. Constance Morella, R-Md.; Dr. Francis Collins, director,National Human Genome Research Institute and David Escher, alleged target of genetic discrimination at the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Location: S-211, U.S. Capitol. 10 a.m. Contact: Molly Rowley, 202-224-2939 or Becky Bailey, 202-225-3615