Federal government Quote by Marco Rubio

First, the federal government, one of the fundamental responsibilities that it has is to protect the nation's health and wellbeing. And this [Zika virus]…

— Marco Rubio

Zika is an addressable threat. While it falls outside of the regular routine of public health preparedness, we shouldn't be scrambling for new resources…

— Scott Gottlieb

The possible impact of the virus [Zika] an extraordinary event and a public health threat to other parts of the world.

— Margaret Chan

I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.

— Simone Biles

From West Nile to swine flu to Ebola to the global outbreak of dengue fever, the capacity to deal with threats like Zika must…

— Scott Gottlieb

We have seen how Zika has become a very serious problem in Brazil, in other parts of Latin America, in this hemisphere. During the…

— Marco Rubio

In the U.S, Zika outbreaks are hopefully going to be easy to isolate. The biggest threat is likely to be from the fear Zika…

— Scott Gottlieb

Not a lot of attention has been paid to the Asian tiger mosquito, which is another species which we believe can also transmit Zika…

— Laura Harrington

I am not opposed to scientists looking at all ways to combat and destroy the Zika virus.

— Carlos Lopez-Cantera

It's now evident that public health is part of national security.

— Scott Gottlieb

I think disease and all the things that we treat are tied to national security in a lot of ways that we maybe don't…

— Laura Bush

What, on the eternal list of priorities, precedes health? What more obvious role could government have than the defense of the life, of each…

— Keith Olbermann