[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13235]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              CONFRONTING THE ZIKA THREAT TO SOUTH FLORIDA

  (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, earlier this week, the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, lowered the travel warning for 
Zika in the Wynwood area to a cautionary travel guidance, which is 
consistent with the rest of the Miami-Dade County mainland. After 
comprehensive eradication efforts, there is no longer any evidence of 
active Zika transmissions in the area of Wynwood.
  Though the situation in Wynwood has improved, the Zika zone has 
nearly tripled in Miami Beach, however. The CDC has now expanded the 
active Zika transmission warning zone for Miami Beach to a 4.5-square-
mile area covering most of the city.
  Mr. Speaker, even as we make significant progress in the fight 
against Zika, the threat remains persistent in south Florida. Congress 
must fund anti-Zika efforts now with no policy riders and without any 
more delay. This is an epidemic that we must eliminate once and for 
all.
  South Florida families deserve better and they should not have to 
wait any longer for Federal funding. Let's pass a Zika funding bill 
now.

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