Here’s $49,577,386 That Could Have Gone to Zika Relief

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Free Beacon:

The National Institutes of Health has spent more on exercise programs for refugees, anti-tobacco video games, weight-loss programs for truckers, and studies on gay hook up apps than it has to fight the Zika virus.

 

The Department of Health and Human Services is warning that its funding to fight the Zika virus in the United States will be exhausted by September, sending a letter to Congress this week saying “additional funding is needed.” HHS has so far received $374 million for domestic Zika relief, including $47 million specifically for the NIH.

 

However, the Washington Free Beacon has uncovered $49,577,386 worth of questionable NIH studies since the Zika epidemic began in the beginning of 2015.

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Cruz, Cornyn Press Obama for Answers on Unspent Zika Money

 

The entire Texas Republican delegation in Congress signed a letter to President Barack Obama Friday, asking for answers on hundreds of millions in unspent money to fight the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

The administration pledged in April to spend $589 million from unused Ebola funds for Zika. However, only about $180 million of that was obligated, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

The letter was signed by Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, both Republicans of Texas, as well as Republican House members from the state.

Obama has criticized Republicans in Congress for not approving his $1.9 billion request for Zika. The House passed a $1.1 billion package, but Senate Democrats are holding up the legislation.

 

http://dailysignal.com/2016/08/05/cruz-cornyn-press-obama-for-answers-on-unspent-zika-money/