WASHINGTON — Biden’s administration on Tuesday asked Congress for dollar bills in additional investments this year to combat COVID-19 and the ongoing war in Ukraine, suggesting lawmakers attach it to a spending bill that must be approved by Dec. 16.
The request for $9 billion for COVID-19 operations and nearly $38 billion in additional aid for Ukraine will soon be added to another request for emergency assistance to help communities from natural disasters, though administration officials did not specify Tuesday when they will be launched. they. Details.
White House budget director Shalanda Young wrote in a letter to Congress that “other Americans rightly expect their leaders to come in combination with those priorities, and I urge Congress to address them as part of a comprehensive two-component agreement in the coming weeks. “. . “
The demand for COVID-19 is particularly lower than the $22. 4 billion Biden’s management asked Congress to provide earlier this year. Since then, Capitol Hill negotiators have reached two separate bipartisan agreements on COVID-19 funding, though neither has reached the ground.
The request for nearly $10 billion the White House sent to Capitol Hill Tuesday “was designed to fit the moment,” according to a management official.
“We’re asking Congress what we think we want to fight the virus here and around the world,” the official told reporters in a call Tuesday afternoon.
The White House’s investment request for COVID-19 would primarily pass to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. The U. S. government is to continue offering vaccines and therapeutics, supporting so-called next-generation vaccines, and investments and remedies for prolonged COVID-19.
Another billion dollars would pass to the U. S. State Department. The U. S. Agency and the U. S. Agencyfor International Development to continue testing, remedies, and vaccination efforts worldwide.
Biden’s management is asking lawmakers for an additional $400 million to complete the smallpox vaccine that was distributed the summer to combat monkeypox and $350 million for “the procurement and distribution of hepatitis C drugs and pre-exposure prophylaxis to help you save yourself from HIV. “
A management official said he even considers it “an opportune time for us to step up our efforts to save him and save him from other treatable diseases,” though the official declined to elaborate on why the White House is requesting more investment now and not through the normal allocation procedure next year.
The $27. 7 billion request for Ukraine would be between the departments of defense, energy, HHS and U. S. state. U. S.
Most of the request for additional funding, $21. 7 billion, would go to the Defense Department for “military, intelligence and other defense support. “attendance.
The Department of Energy would obtain $626 million to provide nuclear security assistance to Ukraine and the United States to modernize the strategic petroleum reserve “to reduce domestic energy prices and ensure the sustainability of energy resources. “
HHS would get $900 million “to provide popular care and fitness facilities to Ukrainian parolees. “
A management official said investment in Ukraine is expected to last until the end of the U. S. fiscal year next September.
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by Jennifer Shutt, Alaska Beacon November 15, 2022
WASHINGTON — Biden’s administration on Tuesday asked Congress for dollar bills in additional investments this year to combat COVID-19 and the ongoing war in Ukraine, suggesting lawmakers attach it to a spending bill that must be approved by Dec. 16.
The request for $9 billion for COVID-19 operations and nearly $38 billion in additional aid for Ukraine will soon be added to another request for emergency assistance to help communities from natural disasters, though administration officials did not specify Tuesday when they will be launched. they. Details.
White House budget director Shalanda Young wrote in a letter to Congress that “other Americans rightly expect their leaders to come in combination with those priorities, and I urge Congress to address them as part of a comprehensive two-component agreement in the coming weeks. “. . “
The demand for COVID-19 is particularly lower than the $22. 4 billion Biden’s management asked Congress to provide earlier this year. Since then, Capitol Hill negotiators have reached two separate bipartisan agreements on COVID-19 funding, though neither has reached the ground.
The request for nearly $10 billion the White House sent to Capitol Hill Tuesday “was designed to fit the moment,” according to a management official.
“We’re asking Congress what we think we want to fight the virus here and around the world,” the official told reporters in a call Tuesday afternoon.
The White House’s investment request for COVID-19 would primarily pass to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. The U. S. government is to continue offering vaccines and therapeutics, supporting so-called next-generation vaccines, and investments and remedies for prolonged COVID-19.
Another billion dollars would pass to the U. S. State Department. The U. S. Agency and the U. S. Agencyfor International Development to continue testing, remedies, and vaccination efforts worldwide.
Biden’s management is asking lawmakers for an additional $400 million to complete the smallpox vaccine that was distributed the summer to combat monkeypox and $350 million for “the procurement and distribution of hepatitis C drugs and pre-exposure prophylaxis to help you save yourself from HIV. “
A management official said he even considers it “an opportune time for us to step up our efforts to save him and save him from other treatable diseases,” though the official declined to elaborate on why the White House is requesting more investment now and not through the normal allocation procedure next year.
The $27. 7 billion request for Ukraine would be between the departments of defense, energy, HHS and U. S. state. U. S.
Most of the request for additional funding, $21. 7 billion, would go to the Defense Department for “military, intelligence and other defense support. “attendance.
The Department of Energy would obtain $626 million to provide nuclear security assistance to Ukraine and the United States to modernize the strategic petroleum reserve “to reduce domestic energy prices and ensure the sustainability of energy resources. “
HHS would get $900 million “to provide popular care and fitness facilities to Ukrainian parolees. “
A management official said investment in Ukraine will last until the end of the U. S. fiscal year next September.
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