Political Quotes

“I have had a long, pleasant relationship with the senior Senator from Florida. We served in the House together. We have served in the Senate together. I have great admiration for him and his loving wife Grace, and I am happy to be on the floor with him today. People in Florida are so fortunate to have this good man representing them. Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 3038 Mr. President, look at this map behind me. There are two types of mosquitoes that carry this disease--this condition, this virus. We see this map here, which covers 39 States. It goes without saying that they are not subtropical States. They are not Florida. They are not Louisiana or southern Texas. They are places like Boulder, CO, and Las Vegas, NV. Are those States subtropical? No, I don't think so. We get 4 inches of rain a year. It goes up into Maine. This is a serious issue which will affect 39 States. As the weather warms, the mosquitos will multiply and people will be bitten by these vicious little insects. Mosquitos have been causing problems in the world for centuries, but never to anyone's knowledge has a mosquito caused the types of birth defects that are now happening with the Zika virus. The virus was discovered in 1947 or 1948 in Uganda. In fact, ``Zika'' is the name of a forest there and means ``overgrown.'' Over the decades, something has happened and these mosquitos have become so dangerous. This virus is a threat to people living in these areas, and it is as real as it gets.…”