1. United States
2. Mass.
3. Letter

I am writing to demand — not request — immediate congressional action on a genuine public health emergency unfolding right now. An active Ebola outbreak is spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. This is not a distant threat to be monitored from afar. The Bundibugyo strain responsible for this outbreak has NO approved vaccine and NO approved treatment. People are dying with no medical recourse. The WHO has declared it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. An American has already been infected. Nearly 500 suspected cases and over 116 deaths have been recorded — and those numbers are growing. Now consider this: the United States is hosting the FIFA World Cup this summer. Hundreds of thousands of international travelers will flood into American cities. This is not a coincidence to be dismissed — it is a collision course between a lethal, untreatable virus and the largest sporting event on Earth, taking place on our soil. The CDC has routed travelers from affected countries through just four airports. That is wholly insufficient. Ebola does not respect screening checkpoints, and the World Cup will draw travelers through dozens of entry points across this country. I demand Congress act immediately on the following: 1. Emergency funding for CDC Ebola response operations — right now, not after a case appears in an American city. 2. Comprehensive screening at ALL U.S. ports of entry, not four airports, for the duration of the World Cup. 3. Immediate acceleration of Bundibugyo vaccine candidates through NIH and BARDA — cut the red tape before it costs lives. 4. Mandatory oversight hearings on federal preparedness gaps for this specific, untreatable strain. 5. A public accountability plan so Americans know exactly what is being done to protect them. The 2014 Ebola outbreak infected over 28,000 people and killed more than 11,000. That strain had treatments in development. This one does not. You were elected to protect the American people. This is that moment. Inaction is a choice — and history will record it. I expect a response and I expect action.