--- title: Ebola: Obama Renews Calls for $6bn in Emergency Funds description: “If we want other countries to keep stepping up, we will have to continue to lead the way,” the president said. canonical: https://time.com/3615642/obama-ebola-congress-funds/ author: David Stout article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-03T09:53:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T02:31:39.162Z article:section: Health og:title: Obama Renews Calls for $6bn Ebola Fund og:description: “If we want other countries to keep stepping up, we will have to continue to lead the way.” og:url: https://time.com/3615642/obama-ebola-congress-funds/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd550b56a5768989d/69876c47524fc0552bdeb1e5/obama-on-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: U.S. President Obama talks about Ebola at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Obama Renews Calls for $6bn Ebola Fund twitter:description: “If we want other countries to keep stepping up, we will have to continue to lead the way.” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd550b56a5768989d/69876c47524fc0552bdeb1e5/obama-on-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Obama Renews Calls for a $6 Billion Ebola Fund > Sponsored content. 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Larry Downing — Reuters by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Dec 3, 2014 9:53 AM UTC U.S. President Barack Obama renewed calls Tuesday for Congress to approve more than $6 billion in emergency funding to help tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The President issued the fresh plea during a visit to the U.S. National Institutes of Health in Maryland, where he praised researchers and scientists working on an experimental Ebola vaccine that has [shown](http://time.com/3607768/ebola-vaccine-is-safe-and-effective-according-to-first-study/) promising results during initial rounds of testing. “If we want other countries to keep stepping up, we will have to continue to lead the way,” [said](http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/12/02/remarks-president-research-potential-ebola-vaccines) Obama. “And that’s why I’m calling on Congress to approve our emergency funding request to fight this disease before they leave for the holidays.” The President’s appeal comes as Doctors Without Borders sharply [criticized](http://time.com/3613803/ebola-doctors-without-borders-slow-response/) the international community’s slow, uneven response to the Ebola outbreak. 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