Chris Coons Travels To Liberia For Ebola Follow-Up

HUFFINGTON POST     by  Arthur Delany                                                                      Dec, 22, 2014

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) traveled to the West African nation of Liberia this week, partly to remind the American people that an Ebola epidemic is still going on, Coons told reporters Monday.

                     Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) elbow-bumps an Ebola survivor in Liberia. | Chris Coons Flickr | Flickr

"My hope was to remind the American people that this is an investment that helps keep the world safe, not just help Liberians, although helping Liberia is a worthy goal in and of itself," Coons said on a conference call in response to a question from HuffPost.

Coons is the first and only member of Congress to visit West Africa since the Ebola outbreak started in March. As part of a broader spending bill last week, Congress approved $2.5 billion to help the region fight the disease, though American politicians have largely stopped talking about Ebola after a panicky few weeks in October. He is chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa.

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