Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Underscores Urgent Need for Additional COVID-19 Response Funding and the Severe Consequences of Congressional…

The Biden Administration is sounding the alarm for the urgent need for Congress to provide funding for the nations COVID-19 response and is underscoring the severe consequences of their inaction: Fewer vaccines, treatments, and tests for the American people, and fewer shots in arms around the world.

Over the past 15 months, the Biden Administration has used the resources Congress provided to mobilize a comprehensive COVID-19 response. As a result, the United States has made tremendous progress in our fight against the virussaving over 2 million American lives, safely reopening our schools, creating jobs at a record pace, returning to more normal routines, and averting $900 billion in health care costs.

In March, the President laid out a comprehensive National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan to keep America moving forward safely, by ensuring that lifesaving tools like vaccines and treatments remain free and widely available to Americans, by preparing for potential surges and new variants, and by getting more shots in arms around the world. Executing this plan remains essential to sustaining the progress we have made and saving more lives. There has been an uptick in cases in parts of the country and, while cases will continue to fluctuate, this virus has proven itself to be unpredictable. Without funding, the United States will be unprepared for whatever comes next.

COVID-19 isnt waiting on Congress to negotiate. Other countries will not wait. Time is of the essence. Congress must act urgently to help save more American lives and ensure we remain prepared.

Congressional inaction on additional COVID-19 response funding means:

Fewer Vaccines for Americans:

Fewer Treatments for Americans:

Fewer Tests for Americans:

Fewer Shots in Arms Around the World:

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Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Underscores Urgent Need for Additional COVID-19 Response Funding and the Severe Consequences of Congressional...