{"id":1494451,"date":"2022-05-27T11:14:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T15:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1494451"},"modified":"2022-05-27T11:14:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T15:14:45","slug":"house-republicans-call-on-biden-to-withdraw-from-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-call-on-biden-to-withdraw-from-who\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans Call On Biden To Withdraw From WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fhouse-republicans-call-on-biden-to-withdraw-from-who%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=1494451&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><\/div>\n<p>Republican Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany sent a letter Thursday to President Joe Biden, calling on his administration to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) and requesting documents and communications between the Biden administration and the agency.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller first obtained the letter spearheaded by Tiffany and led by three House Republicans on the Republican Study Committee (RSC). In the letter, the lawmakers slam Biden for reversing the Trump administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/02\/state-department-health-and-human-services-usaid-who-withdrawal-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">plan<\/a> to withdraw from the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/03\/22\/who-director-general-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-china-coronavirus-pandemic-cover-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WHO<\/a>, saying the Biden administration has not achieved any reforms to the organization.<\/p>\n<p>They further mention that in April 2022, Biden\u2019s administration proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) that the lawmakers say would expand the WHO\u2019s global influence.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers then call for documents and communications between the Biden administration and the WHO and IHR.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden\u2019s decision to reenter the WHO on his first day in office perfectly represents his America last agenda. Taxpayers should not be forced to fund a destructive and anti-American organization. The WHO must answer for lying about COVID and the lab leak theory, kowtowing to the Chinese Communist Party, and its role in promoting destructive global lockdowns,\u201d Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks told the Daily Caller before sending the letter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here Is What The Lawmakers Request In The Letter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The administration\u2019s proposal of amendments to the IHR.<\/li>\n<li>The administration\u2019s participation in any proposed pandemic treaty conversations at the WHO<\/li>\n<li>Discussions related to Taiwan\u2019s membership of the WHO.<\/li>\n<li>Discussions regarding membership of the Assad regime and Russia in the WHO Executive Board.<\/li>\n<li>The selection process for the WHO director general.<\/li>\n<li>Efforts to remove Item 25 of the WHO.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>READ THE LETTER HERE:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View (DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) -- Scanned WHO Letter to President Biden on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/575890091\/DAILY-CALLER-OBTAINED-Scanned-WHO-Letter-to-President-Biden#from_embed\">(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) \u2014 \u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View Henry Rodgers&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/527927298\/Henry-Rodgers#from_embed\">Henry Rodgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another point of focus in the letter is that Russia is a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.who.int\/gb\/gov\/en\/composition-of-the-board_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WHO Executive Board<\/a>, with the lawmakers saying Russia has full voting rights while Taiwan is excluded from membership. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/27\/congress-meet-taiwan-president-tsai-ing-wen-warnings-china-nancy-mace-elissa-slotkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Members Of Congress Meet With Taiwan\u2019s President Despite Warnings From China)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WHO is a corrupt, wholly-owned subsidiary of Communist China,\u201d Tiffany told the Caller. \u201cGiving this unaccountable bureaucracy even more power after the incompetence of the last two years is like hiring the arsonist who started the fire to help you put it out.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/04\/16\/house-republicans-slam-pelosi-for-trumps-world-health-organization-cuts-are-illegal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Criticize Pelosi For Saying Trump\u2019s WHO Cuts Are \u2018Illegal\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The other lawmakers included RSC National Security &#038; Foreign Affairs Task Force Chairman Joe Wilson and RSC Budget and Spending Task Force Chairman Kevin Hern. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/04\/09\/house-oversight-republicans-press-world-health-organization-china-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: House Oversight Republicans Press WHO On Role In China\u2019s \u2018Coronavirus Propaganda Campaign\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers asked for a response to the letter no later than June 1, 2022, at 5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller contacted the White House about the letter, to which they did not immediately respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Wisconsin Rep. 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