Clinton To Call On Congress For Zika Funding During Miami Stop
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Clinton To Call On Congress For Zika Funding During Miami Stop
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/08/09/hillary-clinton-to-discuss-zika-at-miami-clinic/
August 9, 2016 12:14 PM
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Democratic presidential nominee, and former First Lady, Hillary Clinton will spend the second day of a Florida campaign swing at a Miami health clinic.
On Tuesday, Clinton will tour the Borinquen Health Care Center, at 3601 Federal Highway, to raise awareness about the public health threat of Zika virus. The clinic is close to the Wynwood area where health officials believe 17 non-travel related cases of Zika transmission occurred.
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While at the clinic Clinton, who will be joined by Republican Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez, is expected to call on Congress to return to Washington and pass emergency funding for Zika response.
She will demand Republican leaders bring Congress back in session to either pass stalled legislation or craft a new bipartisan compromise bill to provide funding for testing, treatment, and research on the disease, according to aides briefed on her plans.......
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