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| 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 | legacy | ANDERSON – U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks believes health care workers treating patients with the Ebola virus should be quarantined in West Africa. Brooks spoke at the Anderson Rotary Club’s 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’s late husband, Bill. The Ebola virus is the No. 1 health care and national-security concern, Brooks said. “The health care providers are on the front line,” she said. “This is a disease we were not prepared for. We will get it right.” Brooks, 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. “The CDC should send a letter to all airlines not to allow those workers to board. It should be a no-travel policy,” she said. “I prefer there be a quarantine in West Africa.” If 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. Brooks said officials are still learning about the virus and that mistakes have been made. “To prevent a pandemic in this country, we need to determine the right procedures,” she said. Brooks 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. She said Ron Klain, who was named the Ebola czar by Obama, doesn’t 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 |