hal rogers, the chairman of our appropriations will be responsible, and i said to my committee last night as quickly as we need to get together the rules committee will come in, even if it's on an emergency basis, to handle this based upon a request. that's what we are going to do. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield four minutes to the gentlewoman from connecticut, the ranking member of the appropriations subcommittee on labor health and human service, ms. delauro. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized for four minutes. police delauro: -- ms. delauro: thank you, mr. speaker. i just will say with my colleague, mr. sessions, just said that the n.i.h. had $600 million in unused ebola money. that is false. the n.i.h. has used all of its ebola funds that congress allocated. so the gentleman from texas statement is not factual. the zika virus is a public health emergency. it's a crisis -- i'm sorry, i don't. i'm sorry. i ca

hal rogers, the chairman of our appropriations will be responsible, and i said to my committee last night as quickly as we need to get together the rules committee will come in, even if it's on an emergency basis, to handle this based upon a request. that's what we are going to do. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i yield four minutes to the gentlewoman from connecticut, the ranking member of the appropriations subcommittee on labor health and human service, ms. delauro. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized for four minutes. police delauro: -- ms. delauro: thank you, mr. speaker. i just will say with my colleague, mr. sessions, just said that the n.i.h. had $600 million in unused ebola money. that is false. the n.i.h. has used all of its ebola funds that congress allocated. so the gentleman from texas statement is not factual. the zika virus is a public health emergency. it's a crisis -- i'm sorry, i don't. i'm sorry. i ca

the federal government has every cent it has asked for and frankly it was hal rogers, the chairman of the appropriations committee, that solicited ms. greaninger, the chairman of the subcommittee -- ms. granger, the chairman of the subcommittee on foreign operations, and myself to write thed a mfrlings and tell them to -- the administration and tell them to start spending immediately and it will be backfilled as needed during the normal appropriations process and that's exactly what's been done. so nothing has -- no measure has failed to be implemented because of lack of money. there was' -- there's been no delay in money for the zika response. frankly, there are substantial efforts to move ahead in this regard. now, my friend made the point that we sometimes seem to ignore the advice of scientists. that's just simply not true. in ebola last year, the administration got the response it wanted out of this congress immediately. frankly, it's gotten an immediate response out of zika. i point out to my friend -- he may not be aware of this because he's not on the appropriations committee

. >> reporter: republican hal rogers, chairman of the appropriations committee, is a critic. >> the request sent us would allow the $1.9 billion to be used for anything in the government. it's almost like a slush fund. >> mosquitos don't know whether their target is a democrat or a republican. the zika impacts all of us. >> reporter: democratic congresswoman debio wasserman schultz, also from florida, insists part of the money will be used to develop a zika vaccine and raise awareness in a state that thrives on tourism. >> we're now going into the mosquito season. every week the chances of having enough of them to start trans t transmitting it from travelers to local people increases. >> reinforcements are being sent to chicago's o'hare airport, where hundreds of air travelers missed their flights over the past few days because they couldn't get through security. o'hare is getting 50 more security officers and four more bomb-sniffing dogs. but the trouble at the security checkpoints is not limited to chicago. kris van cleave reports from los angeles international. >> this airport is telling

been done, the minute the zika virus appeared and the administration asked for emergency money, hal rogers, the chairman of the committee, responded and said, spend whatever it takes and indeed the administration has done that. my friends seem to suggest that there's something that hasn't been done. yet, they never tell us what that one thing is. the reality is the administration's had the money to do everything it's wanted to do. this bill provides more money on top of that. our senators are proposing even more, so we go to conference to figure out the appropriate amount and whether or not and to what degree it should be paid for. i hope it's all paid for. it should be because we have the funds to do that. so to suggest that there's some sort of failure of funding is simply not true. and my friends know it's not true. to suggest we're not willing to put the money here would suggest that recent history has no relevance because we put more money here than the president asked us to put and we committed to put even more going forward. so i would -- the only difference here and what drives my

simpson for his bipartisan approach in preparing this bill and thank you, also, to our chairman hal rogers and ranking member nita leahy for their efforts throughout and our staff, donna and tona -- nita lowey for their efforts throughout and our staff, donna and tonya. lorraine, perry. their countless long hours, late nights, weekends and thoughtful insight are so critical to helping america prepare this legislation. this bill funds transformative programs that unlock america's full economic potential. critical water resource projects, navigation and port operability and breakthrough science advancements necessary for america's strategic and competitive posture. the bill undergirds our national defense through superior weapons, naval reactors research and nonproliferation activities, all priorities that unite rather than divide us. chairman simpson worked hard to incorporate the interest of members from both parties and as a result, the bill's funding reflects priorities from both sides of the aisle. the chairman's efforts resulted in the bill which with respect to funding levels is reaso

. >> reporter: republican hal rogers, chairman of the appropriations committee, is a critic. >> theequestnt us would allow the $1.9 billion to be used for anything in the government. it's almost like a slush fund. >> mosquitos don't know whether their target is a democrat or republican. zika impacts all of us. >> reporter: democratic congressman debbie wasserman-schultz insists part of the money will be used to develop a vaccine and raise awareness in a state that thrives on tourism. >> we're now going into the mosquito season. every week the chance of having enough of them to start transmitting it from travelers to local people increases. >> reporter: here in broward county, they're packing small coolers, just like this one, with dry ice. that dry ice emits co2. the co2 flies through this tube. it comes out these vents. mosquitos love it. they fly toward this contio this looks elementary, but officials say it's the most effective tool they have. charlie, there are 2 million people living in broward county, but as of right now, there are only eight of these. >> david, thanks. >>> amazon c

what are you hearing now from house appropriations chair hal rogers about how the defeat might impacthe appropriations process overall? >> the leadership is committed to keeping the appropriations process moving forward. they said this will not stop the process. speaker ryan immediately after the vote told the press that he has got to hav ea family discussion with republicans of it how to with amendment on appropriations bills. he laid the blame on democrats for the bill falling apart, but you have to note that there were republicans also against the bill. this was a clear example of how this agreement over lgbt provisions republican leadership as i said remain committed to keep trying to keep appropriations bills to the floor. they may just try to change the way the amendment process works so that this kind of sudden disagreement over changes to the bill doesn't keep the legislation from going across the finish line. >> the house today also voted to go to conference with the senate on zika funding through another spending bill. tell us how that came together in the house and what are

representative hal rogers from kentucky sponsors a prescription drug abuse conference in atlanta everyr. now that we have expanded, he has added on prescription drug abuse and heroin abuse. that is how bad it has become. i would disagree that this is being pushed by lobbyists. if this is doing anything, hopefully it is hurting the drug cartels. that is exactly what we are trying to do. host: how does a doctor determine pain and efficient and in a patient and what role does the patient play in this overprescribing of opioids? guest: the dr. plays an important role in that is one of the things that we have addressed in some of the legislation that we have passed. it is something the cdc and nih have also addressed and that this protocol for doctors to follow when prescribing for pain because this is one of the things that we really need to address. that is making sure doctors understand and are being taught in our medical schools how to prescribe for pain. pain is very difficult. what is painful to me may not be painful to you or to someone else. there are different degrees of it. they u