Pelosi Statement on First New Ebola Death as Republicans Advance Rescissions Package Cutting Ebola Funding

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after news reports of a death from an Ebola outbreak in Congo:

"The horrific scourge of Ebola has re-emerged in central Africa, posing a dire threat to countless innocent men, women and children. Yet, Republicans in Congress insist on pressing forward with a cruel, cynical rescissions package that eliminates life-saving funding for responding to outbreaks.

"Republicans have scrambled to make children, seniors, working families and now global health security foot the cost for their GOP Tax Scam. It is utterly unconscionable that Republicans are insisting on brutally tight budgets for the communities who need it the most, while handing enormous giveaways to corporations and the wealthiest 1 percent."

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