House Republicans on Tuesday proposed new legislation to end the COVID public health emergency after the Biden administration extended it again for 90 days.
President Biden said the pandemic was over in September, but his administration extended the COVID emergency in January.in an interview that"the pandemic is over." He also added, however, that America still has a"problem with COVID" and that the administration is"doing a lot of work on it.
" Practically, the extension of the public health emergency gives the government leeway in how it operates federal health programs and limits the liability of medical practitioners who treat patients with COVID. But politically, Republicans argue that the U.S. is well past the state of emergency that existed in early 2020, and Guthrie said the point of his bill is to make sure the Biden administration heard what Biden said in September. The decision by Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra to extend the COVID emergency prompted Republicans to propose a bill formally ending it. "The COVID-19 pandemic is over," Guthrie said."Despite President Biden admitting this in September, his administration just authorized the 12th extension of the COVID-19 public health emergency. It is long overdue for President Biden to end the COVID-19 public health emergency and relinquish the emergency powers that he just renewed again." "President Biden’s inaction and lack of transparency on this are unacceptable," he added."I introduced the Pandemic Is Over Act to prevent any more delays by forcing the Biden administration to finally release and execute a plan that my House Republican colleagues and I have been repeatedly pressing for to unwind the PHE."Guthrie and other Republicans urged the Biden administration nearly a year ago to start unwinding the public health emergency measures in place, including lifting all vaccine and mask mandates and finding ways to make sure seniors’ access to telehealth services does not dissipate.Pete Kasperowicz is a politics editor at Fox News Digital. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.
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