{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20141017001227/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-impose-immediate-travel-restrictions-fire-cdc-director", "Vitter: Impose Immediate Travel Restrictions, Fire CDC Director", "2014-10-16", "2014", "2014-10", "Republican", "House", "LA", "David Vitter", "V000127", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "Vitter: Impose Immediate Travel Restrictions, Fire CDC Director\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tSays the CDC\u2019s response to Ebola has been \u201cpathetic\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThursday, October 16, 2014\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t(Metairie, La.) \u2013 U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is calling for the resignation of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Thomas Frieden and for travel restrictions. Vitter made the following comment.\n\u201cThe CDC Director's response to the spread of the Ebola virus has been nothing short of pathetic,\u201d Vitter said. \u201cPresident Obama needs to fire him, put someone strong and competent in charge, and impose travel restrictions into the U.S. \u2013 all immediately.\u00a0 That sort of quarantine action was an essential part of the eradication of the late 1970s Ebola outbreak in Africa.\u201d\nEarlier today, Sen. Vitter testified at a Louisiana House of Representatives Homeland Security hearing in Baton Rouge, La., where he recommended that the Louisiana state representatives submit a flight restriction request to the CDC.\nIn 1976, there was an Ebola virus outbreak in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC]).\u00a0 When the virus began to spread in the region, the United States along with Zaire and other governments quarantined 275,000 people in the affected region and imposed travel restrictions. \u00a0\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20141017001227/http://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-impose-immediate-travel-restrictions-fire-cdc-director"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2911469675600529, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}