It was inevitable that a sick person someone from the affected area of Africa would get here. Our world is too interconnected for that not to happen.

If we really want to be safe, we are going to have to spend some money to kill the outbreak in the hot zone. And because we did not spend money 6 months ago, it is going to be a lot more expensive now.

A billion dollars, in our budget, is chump change. It is a rounding error.

Let's spend that money and fix this mess before it gets worse.