Washington, May 20 -- Representative Ami Bera issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, issued a statement on the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda:
"As the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda face another deadly and rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak, we are seeing in real time why global health security matters. Infectious diseases do not respect borders, and delays in disease detection and response make Americans more vulnerable.
"Recognizing the persistent threat posed by Ebola and other infectious diseases, I introduced an amendment (https://bera.house.gov/s...