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Biden HHS estimates $30B needed in new Covid aid
Source: Politico
The Biden health department needs at least $30 billion to keep its wide-ranging Covid-19 response work going, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told congressional appropriators in charge of crafting a supplemental pandemic funding package on Tuesday.
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the top Republican overseeing health funding in the upper chamber, told POLITICO Tuesday that Becerra talked to him and other lawmakers and staff that morning about the administration’s hope that the funding could be part of the expected supplemental bill that rides alongside the 2022 omnibus lawmakers are currently crafting.
An HHS spokesperson confirmed the call, saying Becerra and his team told lawmakers about “the need for additional resources to support securing more life-saving treatments and vaccines, sustaining testing capacity, and investing in research and development of next-generation vaccines.”
“These resources would help us continue expanding the tools the country needs to stay ahead of the virus and help us move toward the time when COVID-19 will not disrupt our daily lives,” the spokesperson said.
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the top Republican overseeing health funding in the upper chamber, told POLITICO Tuesday that Becerra talked to him and other lawmakers and staff that morning about the administration’s hope that the funding could be part of the expected supplemental bill that rides alongside the 2022 omnibus lawmakers are currently crafting.
An HHS spokesperson confirmed the call, saying Becerra and his team told lawmakers about “the need for additional resources to support securing more life-saving treatments and vaccines, sustaining testing capacity, and investing in research and development of next-generation vaccines.”
“These resources would help us continue expanding the tools the country needs to stay ahead of the virus and help us move toward the time when COVID-19 will not disrupt our daily lives,” the spokesperson said.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/15/biden-hhs-new-covid-aid-00009179
