The Obama administration should ban all air travel to the United States from the three African countries hardest hit by the Ebola epidemic, say at least 41 members of Congress including three Democratic House members. Republican Senator Ted Cruz, whose home state is ground zero for Ebola in North America, wrote Wednesday in a Texas Tribune op-ed that 'we all very much hope the virus will not spread any further in Texas. But hope is not a strategy.' 'Given the gravity of the threat, common sense dictates that it’s time to ban flights from the countries afflicted by Ebola.' 'There's no reason to allow ongoing commercial air traffic out of those countries,' he told the Dallas Morning News.
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House speaker wants US airports closed to traffic from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea
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35 other House members including three Democrats take the same position
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Five Republican senators demand travel bans to contain the Ebola virus
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Obama administration insists travel routes must stay open so planes can return to Africa with aid workers and relief supplies
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White House won't say why military aircraft can't be used instead
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