Political Quotes

“I come to the floor again today to discuss the Zika virus, which has been in the news quite often in my home State of Florida and internationally. In a moment, I want to enter into the Record a number of articles that have appeared just in the last week in papers across the State of Florida. On May 7, the newspaper in Pensacola had this headline: ``Panhandle conditions create a Zika 'powder keg.''' The argument it makes is that part of the State--as are many of the areas in the South--is an area where you find prevalent a species of mosquito which is the primary one that is now transmitting the Zika virus. It goes on to say that as temperatures rise and rainfall increases--these are the two elements that mosquitoes need to spread. So there is going to be a massive spread--as there is every year--in the specific species of mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus in the panhandle of Florida. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the Pensacola News Journal article. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From http://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/2016/05/07/panhandle- conditions-create-zika-powder-keg/83698034/, May 7, 2016] Panhandle Conditions Create Zika `Powder Keg' (By Carlos Gieseken) Nine out of 10 mosquito bites in Northwest Florida can be attributed to the culprit known to scientists as aedes albopictus and colloquially as the Asian Tiger.…”