"We want our states and our communities to be well prepared and we want to better understand the impacts of the virus."
"Because in the Western Hemisphere, as Dr. Hotez says, we are so interconnected, Florida to Brazil, and Latin America and Colombia, and Puerto Rico, to Mexico, to Haiti."
"The Zika outbreak began in Brazil nearly a year ago, and it's rapidly spread across the Americas."
"I'm also especially concerned with the American citizens in Puerto Rico because we now have 117 confirmed cases."
"Could you name those specific areas so that we have that?"
"So we spend a lot of time if they do have to travel talking about preventative measures."
"We can all agree that the rising cost of the baby boomers coming into long-term care need situation is going to be untenable and unacceptable."
"The reason I really recommend it to you is it passed the Senate."
"I wanted to recommend one to my colleagues. Congressman Gregg Harper, my Republican colleague, and I are cosponsoring H.R. 3009."
"It is very important as you know to families across America and it is in our national interest to strengthen long-term care across the spectrum from home and community-based care to skilled nursing."
"Well, over 50 years ago, when the Congress first adopted Medicaid to provide that lifeline for children and our older neighbors, all states didn't jump in right at first, but eventually, over time, di..."