“Once again, I urge the American people to call Congress and tell them to do their job, deal with this threat, help protect the American people from Zika,” Obama said. “Congress needs to do its job,” Obama said in a news conference at the Pentagon. “Not only did the Republican-led Congress not pass our request, they worked to cut it, and then they left for summer recess without passing any new funds for the fight against Zika,” Obama said. WASHINGTON ― Saying the Zika threat is “getting critical,” President Barack Obama called on Congress Thursday to go back to work and pass the funding he has sought since February to combat the disease now spreading in Florida. “Now we have the first local transmission in Florida, and there will certainly be more,” Obama said.

Source: Huffington Post August 04, 2016 22:30 UTC