[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12298]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    ZIKA FUNDING AND ACCURATE INFORMATION ARE PARAMOUNT TO PROTECT 
                               AMERICANS

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I come to Congress this week with 
expectations that perhaps this is the week when, as elected officials, 
we will do the right thing for south Florida families and Americans 
across our Nation. Perhaps this is the week in which the Senate will 
finally pass the long-awaited Zika funding bill and then for the House 
to act, finally.
  South Floridians are correctly pushing Congress to leave politics 
aside and to do our job to protect the public. We are already way late 
in doing so, Mr. Speaker.
  I look forward to Governor Scott's meeting with our south Florida 
congressional delegation later this week, because the facts and figures 
related to how big a problem Zika is appear not to have been accurately 
reflected in the summaries provided by the Florida Department of 
Health, according to a report in the Miami Herald. Detailed, timely, 
and accurate information is needed to protect our communities from this 
epidemic.
  Mr. Speaker, let's pass the Federal funding needed to fight Zika and 
ensure that State agencies are providing thorough and accurate 
reporting of local Zika infections.

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