“We must do everything possible to make sure Americans are safe and to stop this outbreak here and abroad,” he said. “I call on the Obama Administration to temporarily ban travel to the United States from the countries afflicted by this outbreak. The challenge before us is too great for this not to be on the table.
“Additionally, Congress must examine some of the failures in our public health system to ensure this never happens again. Today, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing with the Centers for Disease Control and National Institutes of Health to begin this investigation. And Congress must continue bipartisan efforts—especially the 21st Century Cures initiative—to find cures for Ebola and the 6,500 other diseases that lack effective cures.”
Walden is a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which helps oversee health care policy in Congress. He was in Medford yesterday meeting with health care providers, some of whom expressed alarm over the spread of the disease.
