Tom Carper: “Let me just add a P.S. on Zika funding, which was discussed here earlier today. We had a bipartisan roundtable in the…”

“Let me just add a P.S. on Zika funding, which was discussed here earlier today. We had a bipartisan roundtable in the Homeland Security Committee on Zika funding not long ago. Two reasons we need to resolve this funding issue are, No. 1, that we would have money to continue development of a vaccine--that is the single most important thing--and, No. 2, to provide for contraception and family planning. Those are two of the most important things for us to do as we try to avoid this endemic. I thank my Republican friends for allowing me to speak on their time. With that, I yield the floor. ____________________”