{"id":2619205,"date":"2026-06-25T16:39:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-asks-congress-for-1-4-billion-to-address-ebola-outbreak\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:40:50","slug":"white-house-asks-congress-for-1-4-billion-to-address-ebola-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-asks-congress-for-1-4-billion-to-address-ebola-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"White House asks Congress for $1.4 billion to address Ebola outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-asks-congress-for-1-4-billion-to-address-ebola-outbreak%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2619205&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House has requested $1.4 billion from Congress to address the worsening Ebola outbreak in Central africa, as part of an $87.6 billion supplemental funding bill aimed at various urgent priorities, including military operations and health emergencies. The funds are primarily intended to support efforts related to Operation Epic Fury, combat the Ebola virus-preventing its spread beyond the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda-and ensure it doesn\u2019t reach U.S. shores. The outbreak has become one of the most severe in recent history,with over 1,000 cases and 267 deaths reported as of early this week. The CDC has issued travel advisories and implemented screening measures to prevent Ebola\u2019s entry into the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The bill also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-on-defense-spending-we-cant-afford-to-get-into-another-conflict\/\" title=\"Tuberville on Defense Spending: &#039;We Can&#039;t Afford&#039; to Get into Another Conflict\">increases defense spending<\/a>, including funds for munitions, cybersecurity, drone programs, and classified projects. Critics, including Democratic senators, accuse the Trump management of damaging the country\u2019s public health infrastructure through cuts and dismantling efforts, which they argue have hindered the response to infectious disease outbreaks like Ebola. The administration\u2019s focus on military and border measures has drawn criticism for potentially neglecting essential health preparedness and response systems.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a> is requesting $1.4 billion from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"31\">Congress<\/a> to help combat the rapidly worsening <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ebola\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1073\">Ebola<\/a> outbreak in Central <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/africa\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"792\">Africa<\/a> as part of a broader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4624151\/trump-supplemental-funding-pentagon-iran\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4624151\/trump-supplemental-funding-pentagon-iran\/\">$87.6 billion supplemental funding bill<\/a> submitted to lawmakers this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a letter to House Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7043\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA), Office of Management and Budget Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russell-vought\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11713\">Russell Vought <\/a>said the administration\u2019s request is primarily aimed at addressing costs associated with Operation Epic Fury, while also funding other urgent priorities.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4625153\/new-york-medicaid-director-fraud-risk-reports-congress\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>New York\u2019s Medicaid director \u2018can\u2019t commit\u2019 to turning over fraud risk reports<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     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    <\/div>\n<h3>Democrats attack Trump administration for referring women to pregnancy resource centers<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am transmitting to the Congress a request for $87.6 billion in supplemental funding,\u201d Vought <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026.06.24-Letter-to-the-Honorable-Mike-Johnson.pdf\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cMost of this request will address urgent needs related to Operation Epic Fury, in addition to other critical needs such as responding to the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa and supporting hardworking American farmers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration is seeking $1.4 billion specifically for Ebola response efforts, warning that the virus could spread beyond the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda if left unchecked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese funds would be used to limit the spread of Ebola beyond the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda to other vulnerable nations and ensure the virus does not reach U.S. shores,\u201d Vought wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >supplemental bill includes substantial defense spending<\/a> as well, including $21 billion for munitions replenishment, $17.3 billion for operational costs, $5.1 billion for cybersecurity and autonomous systems, $2.4 billion for drone programs, $1.7 billion for military readiness, and $12.1 billion for classified programs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The request comes as health officials continue to sound alarms over the outbreak, which has become one of the most severe in modern history. As of Monday, the outbreak had sickened 1,048 people and killed 267, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/world-health-organization\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"316\">World Health Organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WHO Director of Health Emergency Alert and Response Operations Abdirahman Mahamud described the outbreak as the deadliest first month of an Ebola epidemic ever recorded in Africa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-announces-first-ebola-case-in-europe-since-may-outbreak\/\" title=\"France announces first ... case in Europe since May ...\">current outbreak reached 250 deaths<\/a> in just 37 days. It took 78 days to reach 250 deaths during the 2014-16 West Africa outbreak, and 130 days during the 2018-19 Congo outbreak.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ebola\/situation-summary\/index.html\">issued<\/a> travel health notices for both the Congo and Uganda, advising Americans to avoid nonessential travel to the provinces surrounding the outbreak location. Travelers returning from affected areas are urged to monitor for symptoms for 21 days after departure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CDC and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3083\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> have also implemented enhanced screening procedures, entry restrictions, and other public health measures designed to prevent Ebola from entering the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"infogram-embed\" data-id=\"1b97787b-4320-443c-a30a-7be5043b6693\" data-type=\"interactive\" data-title=\"US assistance to the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2005\"><\/div>\n<p><script>!function(e,n,i,s){var d=\"InfogramEmbeds\";var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)[0];if(window[d]&&window[d].initialized)window[d].process&&window[d].process();else if(!e.getElementById(i)){var r=e.createElement(n);r.async=1,r.id=i,r.src=s,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,\"script\",\"infogram-async\",\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed-loader-min.js\");<\/script>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aid request comes as some lawmakers have blamed the Ebola outbreak on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"339\">Trump administration\u2019s <\/a>dismantling of USAID and departure from the WHO.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDiseases like Ebola spread quickly \u2013 they don\u2019t stop at the borders of a country or care if you are ready for it. Unfortunately, this Administration has taken a hacksaw to our public health system and efforts to stop disease from spreading across the world, leaving American families even more vulnerable to this Ebola outbreak,\u201d Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baldwin.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/baldwin-sounds-alarm-on-trumps-reckless-health-cuts-impact-on-us-response-to-ebola\">said<\/a> earlier this month. \u201cThe President and his team have fired thousands of health experts and abandoned proven ways to stop the spread and treatment of diseases, and we need some answers on why and what they are doing to it to keep Americans safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4624151\/trump-supplemental-funding-pentagon-iran\/\">White House requests $67 billion in supplemental Pentagon funding after Iran war<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baldwin and more than a dozen other Democratic senators expressed their concern with the Trump administration, claiming the administration had \u201cdecimated our Nation\u2019s public health infrastructure and ability to quickly identify and respond to infectious disease outbreaks\u201d in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaine.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/letter_to_secretary_kennedy_on-public-health_leadership_vacancies_and_global-health_outbreak_responses.pdf\">letter<\/a> addressed to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter 18 months of deliberate misinformation and sowing distrust in public health, this administration lacks credibility in managing our Nation\u2019s public health preparedness and the safety of Americans at home and abroad,\u201d the senators added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House seeks $1.4B for Ebola response in funding bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4195,"featured_media":2619206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ebola-congo-africa-e1782418045400.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4402,79836,6513,32127],"class_list":["post-2619205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-congress","tag-ebola","tag-funding","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ebola-congo-africa-e1782418045400.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2619205"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2619209,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619205\/revisions\/2619209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2619206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2619205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2619205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2619205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}