UTMB Galveston officials joked that it literally took an act of Congress — a visit from a United States senator — but for the first time authorities on Thursday allowed cameras inside Galveston's high-security biocontainment lab, where scientists research some of the most frightening diseases and biological agents in the world. Inside an otherwise non-descript building on the medical school's campus, researchers are studying potential treatments and vaccines for everything from anthrax to cholera to the Ebola virus. "We can all sleep a little easier knowing that we have dedicated scientists and hardworking Texans here trying to find new ways to protect our nation from deadly diseases and serious biological agents," said U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. The news also appears in the Galveston Daily News, Houston Chronicle, KTRK-TV (ABC, Ch. 13) and KRIV-TV (Fox26).