Sen. Leahy: Comment on President Trump's Slashing of U.S. Contributions to World Health Organization Amid Global COVID-19 Pandemic
April 15, 2020
April 15, 2020
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release:
"Withholding funds for WHO in the midst of the worst pandemic in a century makes as much sense as cutting off ammunition to an ally as the enemy closes in. The White House knows that it grossly mishandled this crisis from the beginning, ignoring multiple warnings and squandering valuable time, dismissing medical science, comparing COVID 19 to the common cold, and saying 'everything will . . .
"Withholding funds for WHO in the midst of the worst pandemic in a century makes as much sense as cutting off ammunition to an ally as the enemy closes in. The White House knows that it grossly mishandled this crisis from the beginning, ignoring multiple warnings and squandering valuable time, dismissing medical science, comparing COVID 19 to the common cold, and saying 'everything will . . .