Posted on 10/02/2014 6:04:11 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot
Rep. Cárdenas tells PJM that temporarily freezing visas from affected nations would be "reacting in an alarmed fashion."
WASHINGTON – Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.), a member of the House Budget Committee, said education is the best way for the federal government to respond to the Ebola outbreak, rather than reduce the number of U.S. visas granted to citizens of West Africa nations.
Cárdenas also said the Ebola crisis demonstrates that reducing spending is the wrong approach.
“I think the best response is education. We have the best system of preventative measures in the world but yet at the same time we need to educate the communities, so I think it’s important that we not act in an alarmed fashion but just have responsible, methodical education,” said Cárdenas at the Noche de Gala for the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts on Wednesday night.
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U.S. health officials estimated on Thursday that the Liberian man hospitalized for Ebola in Texas had contact with as many as 100 people. The man was reportedly visiting the U.S. on a tourist visa. Cárdenas was asked if the U.S. should temporarily stop issuing visas to West African nations affected by Ebola.
“Again, that would be reacting in an alarmed fashion. I think that what we ought to do is education domestically and also education abroad and make sure that we have the kind of communication and the honesty with us and other governments that we need to be making sure that they understand the seriousness of it, and then respond after we find out if they are acting responsibly,” Cárdenas responded. “Then, we can go ahead and be more trusting, ......
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Will these people ever go away?
Just asking.
What is this dim crying about? You can bet we are paying our Ebola buddy’s medical bills. And probably the family’s welfare. All for dim voters.
What spending cuts?
Wag the dog.
Obama is steadily infecting every state with incurable disease.
Tax more, spend more. The only thing the Demcraps know.
Shhhhh.....
It (GOP Spending Cuts) sounded good. Even GOP liked the sound of it.
His suggestion is such a joke that it’s not even worthy of a response, all you can do is laugh at these idiots who now dictate our national policy. Cardenas eres un PENDEJO de primera!
Typical Democrat. Lying POS.
What an asswipe. When will these clowns quit? They can’t stop the stupid sh!t.
If we can kill off half of the gringos, that will make more room for Cardenas’ people in America. What a plan.
Full traslation of Cardenas’ comments: jibber jabber, jibber jabber, jibber jabber; and he closed with blah, blah, blah
what cuts might those have been? I don’t recall any.
I was scanning to make sure that was mentioned. When I saw Rush's comment I thought......how?
There have been spending cuts?
Ya, but he'll jet 103% of the vote in his next election. ;~(
It's tough to beat idiots lead by corrupt hustlers.
Well it’s pretty amazing that they managed to bring in all those illegals and ship them all over the country without funding. Somehow “GOP spending cuts” didn’t stop that.
This effing moron needs to be found in the lawn, puking on his shoes. Maggots like him who would use the rest of us as virus fodder for political gain are lower on the evolutionary ladder than the bug itself.
There’s a Democrat that desperately needs an education.
Shameless bald-faced lying hack. That sums up all Democrats in a nutshell.
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