[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13250]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             EBOLA OUTBREAK

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, the picture on the front page of this 
morning's New York Times is about the latest deadly outbreak of Ebola 
in Africa. This horrible disease knows no borders and has already 
claimed the lives of 660 people in four countries since it was first 
detected in March.
  The White House needs to pull together the CDC, NIH, State 
Department, USAID, the World Health Organization, and other Western 
governments to stave off this outbreak before it spreads further. I am 
concerned that there is not a sufficient plan in place, either in 
Africa or in the event that it spreads to the U.S.
  We live in a global world. We need a clear plan and strong leadership 
now. We cannot wait until a case shows up in the United States.

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