Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Kentucky for yielding me the time I need. I want to begin my remarks by complimenting our chairman. Quite frankly, I don't know anybody that has spent more time on this issue and devoted more thought to it than Chairman Rogers. He took a codel down to the region. Our first stop was in Peru where we stopped at a Naval research station. It has been there for many decades. Their purpose normally is to look at tropical diseases, which they are doing, but they have now switched their efforts primarily to Zika, just as they should. So we were on top of this early. Then we went to Brazil and, under Chairman Rogers' leadership, we had the opportunity to meet with the Centers for Disease Control's people on the ground and also talk to our colleagues in the Brazilian Government about the appropriate ways to move forward on this that were done thoughtfully and responsibly. What Chairman Rogers has laid before us is essentially a three-part plan that funds all the administration wants to do. The first is the initial $600 million that would not be available had the chairman not directed the administration to immediately use available funds. Now, when we passed money for Ebola, if you go back and look at the legislation, it was not only for Ebola. It was for Ebola and other infectious diseases. Frankly, the money there may well be more than we need for Ebola. But in any case, it is going to be spread over many years.…”