Rep. Roy reintroduces “No Taxpayer Funding for the World Health Organization Act”

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) announced the reintroduction of the “No Taxpayer Funding for the World Health Organization Act,” legislation prohibiting U.S. funding to the World Health Organization.

“The World Health Organization (WHO) doesn't serve our interests and doesn't deserve our money. During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic this body ran interference for the Chinese Communist Party — arguably helping that regime make the entire outbreak worse.” Rep. Roy said, “Taking money from hardworking families struggling with the aftermath of Biden's inflation crisis to send it to a bunch of leftist "health experts" and bureaucrats in Geneva is unacceptable. I have full confidence that President Trump will cut the WHO's funding off — as he did last time — but this legislation will ensure that no future administration can restart it. Let's get this done.”

Time and time again, the World Health Organization (WHO) has proven to be a puppet of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO parroted false claims made by the CCP such as that there was “no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission,” praised the CCP for its “transparency” while covering up evidence to the contrary, and ignored the silencing of Dr. Li Wenliang—an early whistleblower in China—all the while leveraging its influence in WHO against Taiwan. And nothing has changed. Today, WHO is still refusing to seriously consider the possibility that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab and will not apologize for perpetuating fake and destructive practices of social distancing and masking. 

This bill is cosponsored by Reps. Clay Higgins (LA-3), Andy Biggs (AZ-5), Claudia Tenney (NY-24), Andy Ogles (TN-5), Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14), John Moolenaar (MI-2), Ralph Norman (SC-5), Eric Burlison (MO-7), Diana Harshbarger (TN-1), Pat Fallon (TX-4), Barry Moore (AL-1), Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13), and Harriet Hageman (WY-AL).

The full text of the legislation can be read here.

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