[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6889]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        COMBATING THE ZIKA VIRUS

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, it is certainly time for Congress to do 
its job.
  Just last week we were briefed by the Centers for Disease Control 
regarding the Zika virus. Earlier today in my congressional district in 
Houston, one of the infectious disease specialists called Houston and 
the Gulf region the epicenter of the Zika virus.
  It is well known that treatment for any child that is infected will 
cost $10 million. Frankly, the brain is literally destroyed by the 
virus. So the deformity is the fact that there is no brain functioning 
in these children.
  This map indicates the whole Gulf region. That is clearly in the eye 
of the storm. This map indicates that Houston, among other big cities, 
is number one as it relates to the Zika virus.
  So my call today is for us to fully fund the President's emergency 
supplemental. This is a picture of the mosquito causing these impacts. 
We discussed today a task force, which I created in my district.
  Finally, just to leave this information, this is the mosquito. Use 
DEET. This is a serious matter. We need full funding to combat the Zika 
virus and save lives.

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