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U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan calls on House and Senate leaders to resolve Zika differences
by Lloyd Dunkelberger of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune
U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan yesterday sent a letter to U.S. House and Senate leaders urging them to immediately appoint a conference committee to work out differences in spending plans to combat the Zika virus.
The Senate has backed a $1.1 billion proposal, while the House has passed a $622 million plan, which Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, opposed and which has been declared inadequate by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“With funding levels still undecided in the fight against the Zika virus, it is imperative that Congress heed the warnings of our nation’s top health experts and move swiftly and forcibly stop the spread of the mosquito-borne disease,” Buchanan wrote.
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