Ted Cruz wants to know why the hypocritical Obama admin is sitting on Zika funding
The Republican Texas congressional delegation is demanding answers from the Obama administration over its failure to use $589 million in available funding to combat the Zika virus.
In a letter to the president, the delegation writes that “On April 6, 2016, your Administration used existing legal authorities to repurpose $589 million of available funds for Zika response activities. However, many news outlets are now reporting that nearly $400 million of this funding remains unspent.”
Today the entire #Texas GOP delegation sent a letter to @POTUS demanding answers on Anti-Zika Funding pic.twitter.com/oEzXlEoeLr
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) August 5, 2016
The Obama administration indeed repurposed $589 million from its administrative budget, including $510 million appropriated to fight Ebola, towards fighting the Zika virus. But a report from earlier this week suggested that the administration has still not spent $385 million of those funds.
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ICYMI: Ted Cruz wants to know why the hypocritical Obama admin is sitting on Zika funding https://t.co/bctkfpXWp8
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) August 5, 2016
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