Subject: Republican Senator Marco Rubio on House GOP Zika Proposal: ‘That's just not going to cut it’
From: Dem Leader Press Office <[email-masked]>
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 17:49:58 +0000

Former Republican Presidential candidate Marco Rubio blasted the House Republican Conference’s Zika funding proposal.  From The Hill<http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/280172-warren-rubio-join-forces-on-zika-funding>:

Rubio…said…that he was “really concerned about the direction of the House funding proposal.”

“Quite frankly, that's just not going to cut it,” he added.  “I believe the House can and should do better than what is proposed...”

We couldn't agree more.

Today, over 1,200 Americans – including more than 110 pregnant women – are already infected with Zika.  And yet, Speaker Ryan and House Republicans are telling American communities desperate for help to make do with less than a third of what America’s top public health officials say<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/05/11/nih-anthony-fauci-stalled-funding-raises-zika-threat/84234424/> is needed, and President Obama <https://www.whitehouse.gov/zika> and House Democrats<https://lowey.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/lowey-urges-house-consider-full-19b-zika-request> requested, to protect America’s families.

Democrats are sending a clear message to the Republican Congress: do your job to keep the American people safe, and don’t shortchange the resources needed to confront this very serious threat.