Homeland Preparedness News: House Energy and Health Committee leaders request briefing on African Ebola outbreak
“As an Ebola outbreak continues to affect the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaders from the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee are requesting a situation brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In a joint statement issued last week, committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) requested a briefing on the CDC’s efforts to monitor and contain the outbreak…” (Galford, 1/22).