Ted Deutch: “I just returned after a weekend in south Florida where people wanted to talk about two things: remembering 9/11 and…”

“I just returned after a weekend in south Florida where people wanted to talk about two things: remembering 9/11 and wondering why Congress can't figure out how to find the necessary funding for Zika. This morning, Dr. Fauci of the NIH said that if we don't act, we are at risk of halting the investigation into coming up with a vaccine that can help prevent people from getting Zika. After 9/11, everyone in this country was able to come together as one. We all remember how that felt. My colleague, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, stood on the floor just now and talked about the bipartisan support for funding research and a response to Zika. In this partisan body, let's remember how that felt to stand together, and let's stand together for the people of south Florida and the people in this country and do the right thing and pass a clean Zika funding bill. ____________________”