{"id":1357309,"date":"2022-03-03T12:18:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1357309"},"modified":"2022-03-03T17:22:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T22:22:42","slug":"this-is-science-pelosi-says-22-5-billion-in-extra-covid-money-is-absolutely-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-science-pelosi-says-22-5-billion-in-extra-covid-money-is-absolutely-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This Is Science\u2019: Pelosi Says $22.5 Billion In Extra COVID Money Is \u2018Absolutely Necessary\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthis-is-science-pelosi-says-22-5-billion-in-extra-covid-money-is-absolutely-necessary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1357309&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1238834471-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told reporters that passing the Biden administration\u2019s supplemental funding request for $22.5 billion in COVID-19 related funding is \u201cscience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference Thursday, Pelosi said that the funding was \u201cabsolutely necessary,\u201d that part of the requested funds were going toward pills that could be used as therapeutic treatment\u2019s for COVID-19, and that she hoped Congressional Republicans would see the \u201cwisdom\u201d and the \u201cscience\u201d of funding the administration\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe appropriators will be negotiating all of this,\u201d Pelosi said when asked by a reporter about the additional funding, and the state of negotiations over the requests. \u201cThe fact is, the $22 billion for COVID is absolutely necessary. In fact, we probably will need more as we need more therapies. One of the pieces of this [appropriations bill] is to buy the pills that will be \u2014 you get a [symptom of COVID] and you take the pill. It\u2019s no longer about something being a sub-freezing temperature only, having a shelf life, a certain amount of \u2014 this is science, this is going forward. So I would hope that they would see the wisdom of the science of what we need to do in terms of COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerPelosi<\/a>: &#8220;The $22 billion for COVID is absolutely necessary, in fact, we probably will need more as we need more therapies.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sg1LtMWCPy\">pic.twitter.com\/Sg1LtMWCPy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1499422221151969286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing we need is more transmission,\u201d Pelosi continued. \u201cTransmission is where variants are created, and a new variant is a new challenge. So let\u2019s do as much prevention or early intervention as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s Office of Management and Budget sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/COVID-and-Ukraine-Supplemental-Funding-Request-Pelosi.pdf\">letter to the Speaker<\/a> Wednesday asking for the supplemental funding to be included in a budget resolution before the continuing resolution ends on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/biden-administration-makes-32-5-billion-request-of-congress-for-covid-ukraine\/\">March 11<\/a>. The letter laid out $22.5 billion dollars in temporary, supplemental funding to the Department of Health and Human Services and the State Department, which the administration claims is \u201cneeded promptly to immediately secure supply of highly effective oral antiviral treatments; to purchase monoclonal antibodies and pre-exposure prophylaxis; to continue operating critical testing initiatives and funding testing, treatments, and vaccines for the uninsured; to initiate work on a next-generation vaccine that protects against future variants; to accelerate global vaccination efforts and provide urgent humanitarian relief abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter outlined $18.25 billion in extra funds for the Department of Health and Human Services, including $12.2 billion to purchase oral antiviral treatments, like the COVID-19 pills currently being produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fda-panel-recommends-merck-covid-pill\">Merck<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pfizer-seeks-fda-authorization-for-covid-19-pill\">Pfizer<\/a>; more monoclonal antibodies and prophylactic treatments; and new vaccines for future COVID-19 variants, including pediatric vaccines. It also includes $2 billion for testing and $1.5 billion for \u201cPreparing for Future Variants,\u201d along with $1.5 billion for the Health Resources and Services Administration, and $1.05 billion for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The remaining $4.25 billion would go to the Department of State and United States Agency for International Development, for global vaccine and testing distribution and humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden indicated he would make these requests to Congress in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/state-of-the-union-2022\/\">State of the Union<\/a> address Tuesday. He touted the effectiveness of the COVID-19 pills and said Pfizer is working to make millions of pills. He also announced the \u201cTest to Treat\u201d initiative so that those who test positive for COVID-19 at a pharmacy can receive pills on-site at no cost, and touted the number of free COVID-19 tests available to those who want them. He also asked the federal government to prepare for future variants by funding the continuing federal response to COVID-19. \u201cOf course, continuing this costs money,\u201d Biden said, \u201cso it will not surprise you I\u2019ll be back to see you all. I\u2019m going to soon send a request to Congress. The vast majority of Americans have used these tools and may want to again \u2014 we may need them again. So I expect Congress \u2014 and I hope you\u2019ll pass that quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told reporters that passing the Biden administration\u2019s supplemental funding request for $22.5 billion in COVID-19 related funding is \u201cscience.\u201dSpeaking at a press conference Thursday,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1357309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1357309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1357309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1357309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1357309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}