"The People's Genome Celebration"

[Declan McCullagh]

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