On the recordApril 29, 2009
I asked the Congress earlier this week to consider a proposal to provide $1.5 billion to enhance our Nation's capability to respond to the potential spread of this outbreak.
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presidency.ucsb.eduBarack Obama: “I asked the Congress earlier this week to consider a proposal to provide $1.5 billion to enhance our Nation's capability…”
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Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting a Request for Funds to Enhance Capabilities to Combat the...
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