The Obama administration on Tuesday pushed back against questions of why it wasn’t ready to spend $1.1 billion in funding given by Congress last month to fight the Zika virus.
Administration officials said it is providing every state and four cities and some territories $44.25 million in emergency dollars this week to fight the virus. Officials also detailed a plan to spend the remaining $1.1 billion in supplemental funding.
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