Reichard blasts Donovan over Zika funding
Democrat charges GOP not serious about providing money
Democratic congressional candidate Richard Reichard charged incumbent Republican Dan Donovan with hypocrisy in the nation’s fight to contain the dangerous Zika virus in the most explosive development yet in the race for the Southwest Brooklyn-Staten Island House seat.
Reichard said Donovan accused House and Senate Democrats with inaction on a major funding bill put forth by the Republicans when in reality, the GOP-sponsored legislation is “a poison pill laden bill” that does not actually fund the battle against Zika.
The bill reallocates needed Ebola money to Zika, weakens the Clean Water Act and prohibits funding toward preventing pregnancies with the potential of Zika-related birth defects, according to Reichard.