The U.S. House of Representatives has taken up the battle over funding efforts to combat Zika, after legislation failed in the U.S. Senate.
The funding bill is hung up on amendments concerning women's health and contraception provisions.
Highlighting that lifetime care for a baby with microcephaly, one of the complications of ZIka, can cost millions, the Minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives says the efforts to prevent further spread of the epidemic must be fully funded.
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Congresswoman Frederica Wilson represents the area of Miami most affected by Zika virus.
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Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (the former head of the Democratic National Committee) also represents south Florida and says mosquitos will continue to spread.
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Another Florida Congressman, David Jolly, brought a jar of mosquitoes to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to make the point, the time for arguing over funding to combat Zika should be over.
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Emily Holoupowich is the Executive Director Coalition for Health Funding.
She also realizes, she might have put her baby at risk for Zika infection while she was pregnant and on vacation in the Caribbean.
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