Congressional Record, September 28, 2016

… </head> <body><pre> [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 147 (Wednesday, September 28, 2016)] [Senate] [Page S6202] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>] ZIKA VIRUS FUNDING Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I want to come to the floor to say that after a lot of work, the Senate has finally passed funding to take on Zika--a cause I have been talking about since April of this year. I want to say, in full credit to the Senate, that this is actually a very similar proposal that the Senate proposed in May, and it is now the one before us. I am sad that it took so long to get to this point, but at least we are here now. As I said before, it is better late than never. To the people of my home State of Florida, to the people of the island of Puerto Rico, who …