(WBAP/KLIF) – A furious John Cornyn spoke on the Senate floor Tuesday blasting Democrats who blocked an anti-Zika funding bill.
Senator Cornyn stood alongside a photo of a baby born with birth defects linked to the Zika virus.
He called the move to block the bill shameful.
“How our friends across the aisle, who voted against this conference report which provides Zika funding, could look the mother of this baby in the eye and say, ‘We had plenty of good reasons to deny help for more children like yours,'” Cornyn said.
Democrats voted against the measure because of language involving Planned Parenthood and other environmental regulations.
The legislation involved $1.1-billion in anti-Zika funding. The White House had originally called for just under $2-billion.
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