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Senator Blunt Backs Temporary Suspension of Travel Visas for Passengers in Ebola-Stricken Countries

Statement

By: Roy Blunt
By: Roy Blunt
Date: Oct. 17, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Transportation Foreign Affairs Health and Health Care

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) released the following statement today regarding calls for travel restrictions in response to the Ebola outbreak:

"As we were reminded this week with the third confirmed case of Ebola on American soil, we must do everything possible to contain this deadly disease at its source. Implementing reasonable travel restrictions is one way that Ebola can and should be contained. I support a temporary suspension of travel visas for passengers traveling from impacted countries in West Africa, and I urge the president to implement these common-sense restrictions immediately."


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