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Dick Durbin: “I would ask the Senator from Florida my last question. I know my other colleagues are waiting to ask questions. Your…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2016
I would ask the Senator from Florida my last question. I know my other colleagues are waiting to ask questions. Your State, the State of Florida, appears to be vulnerable--more vulnerable than most States--because of your proximity to Puerto Rico and other places and the number of travelers coming into the State of Florida from areas where we know for certain that the Zika virus is starting to be manifest. I ask the Senator from Florida: What are you hearing back in your State about the need for a timely, bipartisan effort in Congress to deal with the public health crisis of the Zika virus?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jul 12, 2016

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