Rick Scott introduces bill to limit powers of the World Health Organization: 'Dangerous globalist overreach'
"The WHO’s radical ‘pandemic treaty’ is a dangerous globalist overreach. DAINES, COTTON CALL ON BIDEN TO WITHDRAW US FROM WHO DUE TO 'ABYSMAL LACK OF COMPETENCE' DURING COVID-19 "We must quickly pass this bill to ensure that public health matters in the country remain in the hands of Americans, not globalist puppets working for Communist China.
The legislation comes as the Biden administration is set to propose amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHRs) during the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva this week, which Republicans have argued would surrender the U. A source within the White House told Fox News Digital this week that the administration "believes in science. "The WHO is an important body to coordinate global health activities and provide evidence-based guidance on the world’s health crisis.
The WHO has come under fire from members of Congress over the last two years. And in a letter sent to Biden Monday, Republican lawmakers in the House Freedom Caucus urged Biden to halt efforts to "empower" the WHO, and instead "either immediately resume President Trump’s withdrawal from the body or, at the very least, push serious reforms to aggressively correct the organization’s rampant corruption and ineffectual leadership.
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