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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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This undated file photo provided by the Maynard family shows Brittany Maynard, a terminally ill woman who decided to end her life early under an Oregon law. She died Nov. 1, 2014. The Catholic Church has called Maynard's decision to die "reprehensible" and said physician-assisted suicide should be condemned. (AP Photo/Maynard Family, File)

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Left to right: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dr. Nicole Lurie, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Acting Surgeon General Dr. Rear Admiral Boris Lushniak testify at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Chairman Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) questions witnesses at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Chairman Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Left to right: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dr. Nicole Lurie, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Acting Surgeon General Dr. Rear Admiral Boris Lushniak are sworn in before testifying at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Left to right: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dr. Nicole Lurie, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Acting Surgeon General Dr. Rear Admiral Boris Lushniak sit down after being sworn in before testifying at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden speaks at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill for an update to the U.S. public health response to the Ebola Outbreak, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has complained that House Republicans have not passed a broad immigration bill approved in his chamber, but he has not sent it to the other side of the Capitol. (Associated Press)