On the recordSeptember 16, 2014
I thought it was extremely important to rise today to congratulate the President on recognizing the crucialness of the fight against this horrific disease Ebola in Africa. I have been in Africa over the last 4 or 5 months. Ebola is devastating to the West African countries. They have been fighting on their own, but it has been recognized that they do not have the infrastructure to be able to contain the disease. We are sending 3,000 of our men and women of the United States military but, as equally important, we are providing for the self-made hospital containers that can be utilized to provide the infrastructure for these countries to be able to fight Ebola. There is no medical system existing now because everyone is fighting, and therefore everyone is, in essence, ensuring that the illness is not taken care of. This is a crisis. We need to be engaged, and we need to fight against Ebola so it can be extinguished and the people in Africa can get back to their lives again. ____________________
