Political Quotes

“lest anyone think that they are immune or that this is only about the tropics, I don't think a lot of people in the United States of America would call the State of North Dakota the tropics. Today I hold up the first noted case of a pregnant woman who has been infected by Zika. She was traveling, probably bitten by a mosquito, and somehow contracted the Zika virus. She will now live in fear that the baby she is carrying will suffer the birth defects we know are associated with this potential pandemic. Where is the answer for her? The answer that the North Dakota epidemiologist gave for her, which is good advice, is: Don't travel anywhere where we have Zika virus infections. I guess she is not leaving her house because the way this is spreading and the way this is moving, it will be everywhere in the United States of America. Once it migrates, and once it moves, what is going to stop it? Who is going to stand on the floor of the Senate and take responsibility for the lack of action, for the lack of responding to this public health crisis? That is why we are coming here today. This is not about politics. This is not about a public health emergency. We need resources. We need answers. We need tests. We don't need to rob from other potential pandemics like Ebola to get this done. There is not a citizen in the country who would not say this is an obligation of the government to protect their people.…”