--- title: Zika: Congressman Brings 100 Mosquitoes to House Floor description: Republican Rep. David Jolly brought a canister with about 100 mosquitoes from his home state of Florida to the House floor on Wednesday canonical: https://time.com/4482277/zika-congress-david-jolly/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-07T17:07:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:26:53.979Z article:section: Politics og:title: Congressman Brings 100 Mosquitoes to House Floor to Make a Point About Zika og:description: "This is the fear of Floridians, right here" og:url: https://time.com/4482277/zika-congress-david-jolly/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46d1f868db19059a/6988a51dfb4eac809188f02d/david-jolly.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4320 og:image:height: 2430 og:image:alt: Boehner Swears In David Jolly Of Florida At US Capitol og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Congressman Brings 100 Mosquitoes to House Floor to Make a Point About Zika twitter:description: "This is the fear of Floridians, right here" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46d1f868db19059a/6988a51dfb4eac809188f02d/david-jolly.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Congressman Brings 100 Mosquitoes to House Floor to Make a Point About Zika > Sponsored content. 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U.S. Representative-elect David Jolly (R-FL) participates in a ceremonial swearing-in photo opportunity March 13, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 7, 2016 5:07 PM UTC Republican Rep. [David Jolly](https://www.apnews.com/651393cfd0324d9788f8c7e6298ec2e7) brought a canister with about 100 mosquitoes from his home state of Florida to the House floor on Wednesday in an attempt to draw attention to the [Zika](http://time.com/4481387/zika-deal-congress-defense-budget/) outbreaks there. “This is the reason for the urgency,” Jolly said. “This is the reason for the fear.” While the mosquitoes in his jar were not active carriers, he made the point that “they could be,” and could travel outside of the regions where they are currently plaguing his constituents. He expressed frustration that funding to stop the spread of Zika has been [held up in Congress](http://time.com/4481394/zika-funding-congress-stalled/?iid=sr-link2), with Democrats accusing Republicans of adding “poison pills” to the bills. “Can you imagine, colleagues, the fear and anxiety in this chamber if these hundred mosquitoes were outside this jar not inside this jar?” Jolly said. “Members of Congress would run down the hall to the physician’s office to be tested, they would spray themselves before coming down here. This is the fear of Floridians, right here.” Jolly, who is currently up for reelection against former governor Charlie Crist, urged Congress to fund measures combatting the virus, especially efforts to develop a vaccine. \[[_AP_](https://www.apnews.com/651393cfd0324d9788f8c7e6298ec2e7)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4482277/zika-congress-david-jolly/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4482277/zika-congress-david-jolly/"},"headline":"Congressman Brings 100 Mosquitoes to House Floor to Make a Point About Zika","datePublished":"2016-09-07T17:07:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:26:53.979Z","description":"\"This is the fear of Floridians, right here\"","url":"https://time.com/4482277/zika-congress-david-jolly/","keywords":["Congress","Zika"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46d1f868db19059a/6988a51dfb4eac809188f02d/david-jolly.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46d1f868db19059a/6988a51dfb4eac809188f02d/david-jolly.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Boehner Swears In David Jolly Of Florida At US Capitol","caption":"Boehner Swears In David Jolly Of Florida At US Capitol","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4482277/zika-congress-david-jolly/","name":"Congressman Brings 100 Mosquitoes to House Floor to Make a Point About Zika"}}]}] ```