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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) led his colleagues in introducing the WHO is Accountable Act, following President Trump’s executive order removing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). This legislation would prevent future Presidents from rejoining the WHO without any conditions of improvement.

“President Trump was right to pull the United States out of the CCP-controlled World Health Organization,” said Chairman Arrington. “Now, Congress must take action to ensure future Presidents can’t foolishly rejoin this corrupt organization without major reforms. I have long said that I will fight against any attempt to surrender our sovereignty and cede regulatory power over the United States through a treaty, agreement, or arrangement. The World Health Organization aided and abetted China in covering up their incompetence with COVID-19, all while spending American tax dollars promulgating woke and radical ideology. This is why I’m proud to lead my colleagues in ensuring President Trump’s America First agenda endures.”

“The WHO is a globalist, CCP run entity that disproportionally charges the US compared to other countries and pushes their CCP and progressive ideology on the American people and the world,” said Rep. Greg Steube (FL-17), cosponsor of the legislation. “Their handling of Covid is just one example. This ends now.  I applaud President Trump who had the courage to do what Congress hasn’t, ensuring that American taxpayer dollars are spent on the needs of the US not China.  The WHO is Accountable Act will support President Trump’s plans to ensure the U.S. stays out of this corrupt organization unless major reforms take place.”

Background:

• On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization.

• Without Congressional action, this order can be overturned by a future President who may want to rejoin without any conditions of improvement.

• This legislation prohibits the spending of American taxpayer dollars on re-entering the WHO or funding the organization without an Administration’s certification that the WHO meets the following conditions:

• WHO isn’t involved in a coverup of the CCP’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• WHO isn’t under the control or significant malign influence of the CCP.
• WHO puts in mechanisms to increase transparency and accountability in its operations to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse.
• WHO adopts meaningful reforms to ensure humanitarian assistance isn’t politicized and provided to those with the most need.
• WHO grants observer status to Taiwan.
• No funds are diverted to corrupt regimes like Iran and North Korea.

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