Arguing that the president and the Health and Human Services secretary have the legal authority to ban travel from Ebola-stricken countries or quarantine those who arrive in the United States from the region, members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Thursday pushed for the administration to tighten U.S. borders.
“I believe we need an immediate travel ban on commercial, nonessential travel from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea,” said Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., who chairs the subcommittee on oversight and investigations, which held the nearly three-hour hearing.
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