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The Congressional Black Caucus on Trump’s Funding Cut to the
WHO
In response to President
Trump's threat to cut funding to the World Health
Organization, the Congressional Black Caucus has released
the following statement:
“At a time of crisis, true
leadership seeks to solve problems not blame others. This
President has threatened to cut funding for the World Health
Organization (WHO), an organization that has helped decrease
the spread of diseases such as Ebola, Cholera, and Yellow
Fever. The WHO is established in most countries around the
world, and has deployed more than 250,000 testing kits to
help fight this pandemic. It is ludicrous for this
administration to target and vilify WHO Director-General Dr.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus while he is in the midst of
coordinating the global fight against this deadly virus to
save lives. Leadership is defined by expertise, based in
facts, and created to serve humankind, which is required to
overcome this crisis.
The Congressional Black
Caucus condemns the malicious treatment against the WHO and
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus by this administration and
encourages Congress to ensure proper funding for the
organization to tackle this deadly pandemic.”
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