“Florida’s small case cluster is not considered widespread transmission, however, pregnant women are advised to avoid non-essential travel to the impacted area in Miami-Dade County”, the Florida Department of Health said in a press release.
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“I’m up here because I want Congress to act soon I want them to act today”.
Scott said the federal government “has managed to get its hands into too many things”, while increasing the federal debt, “and yet they can’t agree on spending money to stomp out a serious disease”.
“This is not just a Florida issue”, Scott told reporters Tuesday after meeting with Florida Senator Marco Rubio.
He also said the Obama administration “has not been a good partner”.
Scott says Nelson “turned his back on Floridians” by supporting a filibuster over a GOP-drafted provision to block Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving anti-Zika funding in Puerto Rico.
“The South Florida congressional delegation remains united in demanding that both the House and Senate put politics aside and do their jobs by passing a comprehensive funding bill that will provide our community with the tools it needs to stop and eradicate the Zika virus once and for all”, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) said. “He should know better”.
At the same time the Republican seemed frustrated that “everybody wants to explain the politics” why funding has not moved.
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“Everybody’s supportive”, Scott said in an interview outside the Capitol. The Senate passed a bipartisan $1.1 billion Zika-fighting measure in May, but House Republicans have insisted on making sure Planned Parenthood is ineligible for the new money and have demanded offsetting spending cuts to defray the measure’s cost. Most Republicans are staunch opponents of Planned Parenthood, which is a major provider of abortions and has come under assault for its practices in providing fetal tissue to researchers.
