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October 29th, 2014
Photo Courtesy of the House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformI want to update you on what I have been doing regarding Ebola in America. I am grateful our prayers have been answered and the two brave...
October 17th, 2014
The Texas Department of State Health Services announced today it is enacting its own travel ban on health workers who have treated Ebola patients. The decision comes as the Obama administration continues to refuse to enforce...
October 14th, 2014
It’s been said that the military’s purpose is two-fold: “To kill people and to break things.” But in the battle against an invisible enemy, in this case the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, United States military forces are...
October 2nd, 2014
Yesterday, I sent a letter to Dr. Frieden, Director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), regarding the recently confirmed case of Ebola in the United States. In the letter, Poe calls on the CDC to recommend that the...
October 21st, 2014
This recent outbreak of Ebola has been heartbreaking. There’s no question about that. It’s infected more than 8,800 patients, and taken more than 4,400 lives in West Africa. Here in Texas, we’ve seen firsthand how quickly...
October 16th, 2014
Today I joined fellow Texas Republicans in sending a letter to President Obama asking that he put a travel ban in place for those traveling from West African countries most affected by the Ebola outbreak.In part, the letter...
October 14th, 2014
www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/distribution-map.html#areasMany of us have heard of Ebola but that was a faraway disease, never to be in America! Actually, even if we had heard about Ebola, we didn’t know...