Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the secretary of health and human services, told members of Congress in a letter that without the diverted funds, the National Institutes of Health and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority would run out of money to confront the mosquito-borne illness by the end of the month.
美国卫生与公共服务部部长西尔维娅·马修斯·波维尔在致国会议员的一封信中表示，若没有腾出的这些钱，美国国立卫生研究院和生物医学高级研究与发展管理局会在月底用完为对付这种蚊子传播的疾病所拨付的资金。