A week ago, Doctors Without Borders
said that "World leaders are failing to address the worst ever Ebola epidemic." This week, House Republicans are saying "let us show you what failing looks like!" The Obama administration is asking for $88 million in
funding to fight Ebola, but:
According to a source familiar with the negotiations, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) agreed as of Tuesday morning to spend a total of $40 million to fight the epidemic in the 2015 spending bill.
This would include $25 million for the Centers for Disease Control and $15 million for the Biological Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to ramp up production of an experimental anti-Ebola drug, the source said.
Americans'
fears that they themselves might contract Ebola may be overblown, but nonetheless this is an international outbreak of a lethal disease that is being met with
inadequate resources. And House Republicans are pushing to keep it that way. Maybe if Ebola was something you fought by dropping bombs, they'd be more enthusiastic.