The World Health Agency is being cut as Republicans threaten to cut funding.
First on Fox: A group of House Republicans is pushing to completely freeze US funding to the World Health Organization.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, the conservative House Freedom Caucus policy chairman, introduced the bill on Tuesday and argued that the global health body “doesn’t serve our interests and doesn’t deserve our money.”
Currently, WHO member countries are attacking efforts to develop an international pandemic preparedness agreement, accusing the organization of strengthening and strengthening its own influence.
“Biden’s taking money from hard-working families struggling with inflation to send to left-wing ‘public health’ dictators in Geneva is unacceptable,” Roy told Fox News Digital.
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Director General of the World Health Organization, Theodore Adhanom Ghebreyesus ((Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keywords via AP))
“I’m sure President Trump will cut funding to the World Health Organization — as he has done in the past — but this legislation ensures that no future administration can restart it.”
At least a dozen GOP lawmakers are backing the bill.
A large number of Republicans, including President-elect Donald Trump, have criticized the World Health Organization, particularly in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is seen outside the U.S. Capitol after his final vote before the August recess, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Trump first announced in April 2020 that he would end funding to the World Health Organization, a move that sparked backlash from the US medical community, Politico reported at the time.
“Fighting a global pandemic requires international cooperation and reliance on science and information,” said American Medical Association President Patrice Harris. He told the outlet..
However, conservatives in Congress view the organization as a power-hungry group that does not have America’s best interests at heart.
According to the World Population Review, the United States is currently the largest contributor to the World Health Organization. The organization’s website states that 60% of its funding comes from member states.
Roe’s “no taxpayer funding to WHO” would end contributions to WHO.
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A spokesman for the World Health Organization said the body was focused on maintaining relations with the United States when it came to commenting on Roy’s bill.
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“The Director General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Theodore Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said in a press conference in December that the new US administration has not yet started and, like any new government, it will take time. Dr. It will do everything to cooperate with, said the spokesperson.
I would add that the WHO and the US partnership and America’s broader contribution to global health are protecting and saving millions of lives in the US and around the world. is it”