The White House says some government programs meant to deal with the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus will end soon if Congress doesn’t approve new …
The White House says some government programs meant to deal with the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus will end soon if Congress doesn’t approve new funding. Additional spending for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, was ultimately left out of the $1.5 trillion omnibus bill approved by Congress Wednesday to fund government operations through September. This is despite the call from President Joe Biden during his State of the Union address for Congress to approve $22.5 billion in new spending for treatments, vaccines, and other measures. That amount was negotiated down to $15.6 billion and then ultimately left out of the bill as Republicans objected to the additional spending. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reports Thursday the omission will have “severe” consequences. “We need this money,” said Psaki. “So, without additional resources from Congress the results are dire.” Psaki says that in the absence of new COVID funding federal testing capacity will decrease later this month, pretesting and treatment—including vaccines and antivirals—for Americans without health insurance will end in April, and in May America’s supply of monoclonal antibodies will run out.
