The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday made his strongest case yet for Congress to include funding to combat the Zika virus in its stopgap spending bill next month.
“Basically, we're out of money,” Dr. Tom Frieden told reporters at a briefing in downtown Washington. “Congress needs to do something.”
Frieden is delivering his most urgent appeal since February for lawmakers to approve some or all of the Obama administration's $1.9 billion request, about a week before the end of Congress's summer recess.
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