Friday, October 31, 2014

Republicans question preparedness spending after Ebola missteps

U.S. President Barack Obama talks next to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Burwell after meeting with his team coordinating the government's Ebola response in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Texas Republicans, including Tea Party-backed U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, sought to ratchet up the pressure on the Obama administration's Ebola response on Friday, by questioning its use of federal tax dollars for emergency preparedness. In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, the lawmakers said they were concerned about missteps in the Dallas Ebola case of Thomas Eric Duncan, which they said occurred after large sums of federal money were spent to help U.S. cities prepare for infectious diseases. ...








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