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Cassidy, Doctors Caucus Members Urge President Obama to Implement Travel Ban

Press Release

Date: Oct. 21, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Transportation Foreign Affairs Health and Health Care

Today, Congressman Bill Cassidy (R-LA), along with members of the Doctors Caucus, reaffirmed his call to President Obama to implement a temporary travel ban between the U.S. and countries that have been affected by Ebola.

On Friday, Dr. Cassidy criticized President Obama for appointing a political operative with no healthcare experience as Ebola response coordinator. He also urged the administration to address the crisis by taking specific actions, including a temporary commercial travel ban.

Dr. Cassidy offered the following statement:

"If we have available measures to stop the spread of Ebola, common sense dictates we should take them. Implementing a temporary commercial travel ban between the U.S. and countries affected by Ebola is one easy and very necessary step in helping to keep Ebola off U.S. soil. As a doctor who has set up public health programs in the U.S. and worked in hospitals in Africa, I can say it's inexcusable that the Obama Administration is failing to put a proactive plan in place to protect the health and safety of the American people."


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