states. let me show you a map. a lot of blue on that map. that doesn't mean democrat. that means zika. where you see the bright blue, that's where the zika mosquito is found and this is where we presently have cases. south florida. the only time in american history that there has been a travel alert for health reasons within the continental united tates -- is now found in south florida. why? because now we have a mosquito that is spreading the virus. in other parts of the nation, we

know that this mosquito is present and we know it's going to happen. if not this year, then next year. this isn't something that's going to go away in the next few months as winter approaches. it will come back next year and will come back with a greater vengence. this is the west nile virus that has spread across the united states which is found across the united states. that is not an imness that leads to the tragedy of children being born with severe, severe injuries that will affect them for the rest of their libes, which may be a very short life. this is a problem. this is a problem that your united states congress is ignoring. and there is a bill bouncing around, and it is loaded with a bunch of riders with, what are

you talking about? riders that prevent women's health clinics from providing assistance to women. it is the women after all that bear the great burden of this. they are the ones who are going to be pregnant. they are the ones who are going to be carrying the children. but those women's health clinics cannot allow access to the money. what in the world is that all about? what foolishness. what meanness. oh, and by the way, none of the money can be used for contraceptives. give me a break. what do you mean? that's the legislation that's being proposed here in the united states congress. even the pope has suggested that because of this crisis in brazil that the steadfast opposition of the vatican to contraception may

need to be pushed aside, but not here in the united states. come on. let's get real. let's understand the nature of this crisis. and the zika virus is not ransmitted only, only by mosquitoes. we are discovering that the transmission can come in many, many different ways. many different ways. so what are we doing about it? nothing. we are spending time talking about impeaching the i.r.s. commissioner. come on. in the history of this nation, only one person other than a president has been impeached. and that was back in the 18 70's, secretary of war. an i.r.s. commissioner isn't

even a cabinet member. we are spending our time on hat. we are where, 20 days, little less, from the end of the fiscal year, when we have to fund government. we are less than what 17 days ay from the ability of the centers for disease control to continue to research and to address this issue. look at the map, americans. every state. and puerto rico is not on this map. and they are americans. and there is over 15,000 cases there and more than 1,000 women who are pregnant and many, many more who will become pregnant.

o what is your united states congress doing? digittering would be an insufficient word to address this crisis. this is a public health crisis. this is a crisis that the solution presented to us a few months ago was to take money out of the's bowla program. did we forget about ebola? did it go away? no, it did not. that money was spent on monitoring the travelers from those areas of africa where ebola still exists. so that money is gone. so i suppose in the next months or year ahead, we'll go back into the ebola problem once again. money was taken from the public health programs in counties throughout the united states. the proposal that moved out of

this house of representatives swept from the counties and the states, money that the public health departments and those areas needed to deal with public health emergencies, one of which was zika. and there are other public health emergencies that are always before us. i mentioned the west nile virus. california. as a whooping could you have problem that is ongoing and that is a public health crisis. children die of that. so what's the solution? not what we normally do when we have a crisis, which is to go to the federal treasury and say, america has a problem. and americans will solve that problem or address that problem, try to deal with the effects of it by appropriating money so that we can address it.

and the terrible floods that occurred recently in louisiana. did we raid other agencies to deal with it? no. we go to fema and we go to the emergency funding, as we did with katrina, as we did with sandy, as we deal with the hurricanes, tornadoes. not with zika. somehow zika is different. if you are a grandmother or a grandfather and your granddaughter is about to get married, what is on your mind, the wedding to be sure? but you are also thinking of that pregnancy that might be following. will my re thinking, daughter, my granddaughter

acquire the zika virus? and what will it mean? apparently that thought is not found in my fellow colleagues here on the floor of the house of representatives, even though they have children. even though they have daughters and granddaughters. even though within their families, there will be pregnancies. we got to think about this. maybe 16,000 effected in the united states today that this virus is not going away. this virus is going to be with us years ahead. and the effects of it are going to be felt in the next generations. already it is. already here in the united states, we have had had babies

born with serious defects as a result of the zika. already with us. and there will be more. there will be many, many more. and this public health crisis must be met by the full power of the federal government. just as we meet other cries sees. it's our responsibility. 535 of us and the president. --. resident has asked . here you go. the president has asked for $1.9 billion to ask for this health crisis. the response, by my colleagues

on the republican side of the house of representatives, a little over $600 million, most of which is stolen from other ublic health programs. disgraceful. dereliction of responsibility. the senate's talking about a $1.1 billion program. good. without riders, without the kind of foolish rides that are are being presented here. good. let's get on with it. we'll take the senate bill. give us a clean senate bill so that there's money available for the centers for disease control to continue its research, so that there's money available for the public health programs in south florida. in texas. in puerto rico and california. in other states. to carry on the fight against the mosquitoes. and to deal with the other methods of transmission. to warn the public, to prepare

the public. we can do it. anybody that knows how much money the federal government spends every year knows that $1 billion to address a fundamental public health crisis is available. it's readily available. we ought to get on with it. and shame on us if we don't. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. does the gentleman have a motion to adjourn? mr. garamendi: i do. i have a motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow for morning hour debate.