{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://susanwbrooks.house.gov//media-center/in-the-news/us-rep-brooks-supports-ebola-quarantine", "U.S. Rep. Brooks supports Ebola quarantine", "2014-10-31", "2014", "2014-10", "Republican", "House", "IN", "Susan Brooks", "B001284", "susanwbrooks.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "ANDERSON \u2013 U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks believes health care workers treating patients with the Ebola virus should be quarantined in West Africa.\nBrooks spoke at the Anderson Rotary Club\u2019s weekly luncheon Tuesday at Anderson Country Club, where she presented Ann Hardacre with a copy of the remarks read into the Congressional Record honoring Hardacre\u2019s late husband, Bill.\nThe Ebola virus is the No. 1 health care and national-security concern, Brooks said.\n\u201cThe health care providers are on the front line,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is a disease we were not prepared for. We will get it right.\u201d\nBrooks, chairman of the subcommittee on emergency preparedness, said she sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supporting a quarantine of health care workers.\n\u201cThe CDC should send a letter to all airlines not to allow those workers to board. It should be a no-travel policy,\u201d she said. \u201cI prefer there be a quarantine in West Africa.\u201d\nIf health care workers and members of the military exposed to the Ebola virus return to the United States, they should be placed in quarantine for 21 days, she said.\nBrooks said officials are still learning about the virus and that mistakes have been made.\n\u201cTo prevent a pandemic in this country, we need to determine the right procedures,\u201d she said.\nBrooks noted that in 2009 President Barack Obama eliminated the position of special assistant to the president on bioterrorism, a position she believes should be reinstated.\nShe said Ron Klain, who was named the Ebola czar by Obama, doesn\u2019t have the background to deal with bioterrorism and should report to a special assistant to the president.", 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": ["http://susanwbrooks.house.gov//media-center/in-the-news/us-rep-brooks-supports-ebola-quarantine"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5755279455333948, "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"}