Fed Up Congressman Brings Mosquitoes To Congress

[Siwsan]

WASHINGTON ― Some members of Congress have suggested that leaders won’t care about Zika until the mosquitoes are in their districts.

So Florida Rep. David Jolly (R) decided Wednesday to take that theory one step further, and brought a jar of the flying bloodsuckers from his Zika-infected state to the floor of the House of Representatives.

His idea, he said was to give lawmakers a little taste of the fear his constituents feel when they hear about Zika spreading in their neighborhoods while Congress has failed since February to approve any funding to combat the mosquito-borne virus.

“Can you imagine, colleagues, the fear and anxiety in this chamber if these 100 mosquitoes were outside this jar, not inside this jar?” Jolly said, displaying a swarming specimen container provided by a Florida research college.

It was not hard for Jolly to imagine the panic of his fellow members.

“Members of Congress would run down the hall to the physician’s office to be tested,” Jolly said. “They would spray themselves before coming down here. This is the fear of Floridians right here.”

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. Then his fellow Republicans should jettison the amendments and

riders and pass a clean funding bill.

[Siwsan]

2. That was my first thought, too

I was pretty surprised to see that (R), next to his name. He must be getting a whole lot of phone calls.

[n2doc]

3. Yep. Drop the extraneous crap.

It would pass in an hour if it were a clean bill.

[Orrex]

4. Imagine if a Muslim had brought that jar of mosquitoes into the House

We'd be hearing about the ISIS bioterrorism plot...

[wryter2000]

5. Good for him

Glad to be congratulating a Republican for a change.