The government won’t be able to develop long-term Zika interventions if Congress doesn’t grant additional funding to combat the virus, the nation’s top public health official said Thursday.

As House lawmakers agreed midday Thursday to a conference with the Senate to address the contentious issue, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden urged them to supply his agency with more funding to fight Zika.

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