Wasserman Schultz Statement on Conferees to Transportation-HUD Appropriations Bill

Washington, DC, May 26, 2016
It is an honor to serve on the Conference Committee, and I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to comprehensively address the Zika virus. I hope my House Republican colleagues are finally ready to get serious about this crisis, because the time to act was more than 90 days ago, when the President first made his emergency request. We must provide the necessary funding for mosquito eradication and vector control, vaccine research, and our local community health centers so they can provide screening and comprehensive health services. I thank Leader Pelosi for her unyielding dedication to addressing the Zika virus, and I will do all I can to secure a solution that protects Floridians and Americans.

Wasserman Schultz Statement on Conferees to Transportation-HUD Appropriations Bill

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement today after she was appointed by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to serve as a conferee to H.R. 2577, the Fiscal Year 2017 Transportation-HUD Appropriations bill:

“It is an honor to serve on the Conference Committee, and I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to comprehensively address the Zika virus. I hope my House Republican colleagues are finally ready to get serious about this crisis, because the time to act was more than 90 days ago, when the President first made his emergency request. We must provide the necessary funding for mosquito eradication and vector control, vaccine research, and our local community health centers so they can provide screening and comprehensive health services. I thank Leader Pelosi for her unyielding dedication to addressing the Zika virus, and I will do all I can to secure a solution that protects Floridians and Americans.”

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