Pelosi Hits GOP on Zika Funding: ‘I Know They Don’t Really Value Science’

"The House Republican bill is reckless and radically unequal to the seriousness of the threat. Just think of it this way: They gave less than one third of what the President asked for. They didn’t make it an emergency. So they took the funds from other investments, like Ebola, which have their purpose and should be left intact.

But the really shocking part of this – and you wonder, I know they don’t really value science, but this one even goes beyond that – less than one fifth was requested for the CDC public health activity. This is the point of the spear in addressing a public health emergency. Around $750 million was asked for for the CDC for prevention, for vector control, money to go into communities to fight this. And they got $100 , $750 , they got $120 million. It is appalling. It is stunning."