{"id":38664,"date":"2021-08-11T17:36:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T00:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38664"},"modified":"2021-08-11T17:36:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T00:36:21","slug":"20-democrats-urge-leaders-to-fully-fund-pandemic-preparedness-in-new-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38664","title":{"rendered":"20 Democrats urge leaders to fully fund pandemic preparedness in new package"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 20 Democratic lawmakers is calling on their leadership to fully fund pandemic preparedness efforts in a coming $3.5 trillion package, amid concern about cutbacks.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/dhmszlgkjttfblbtfrcjjfssjgfwtgtnnmjkldwtpcmgsc_zzmrsspmpkrlmdwrffsb.html?a=&amp;b=41403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/dhmszlgkjttfblbtfrcjjfssjgfwtgtnnmjkldwtpcmgsc_zzmrsspmpkrlmdwrffsb.html?a%3D%26b%3D41403&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628814298398000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHLiZoKH4BxZt1KiLujRf10hbJFZA\">letter to leadership<\/a>\u00a0was led by Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) and was signed by lawmakers including Sens.\u00a0Elizabeth Warren\u00a0(D-Mass.),\u00a0Ron Wyden\u00a0(D-Ore.) and\u00a0Cory Booker\u00a0(D-N.J.).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without this critical funding, if another pandemic hit us tomorrow, we could be as ill-prepared as we were for COVID-19,&#8221; the letter states.<\/p>\n<p>At issue is $30 billion that\u00a0President Biden\u00a0proposed to prepare for future pandemics as part of his American Jobs Plan. But Democrats in Congress\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/svmlwzjfpbbtgzgbtcmpptllpjthbjbddkpfzshbrmkjlk_zzmrsspmpkrlmdwrffsb.html?a=&amp;b=41403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/svmlwzjfpbbtgzgbtcmpptllpjthbjbddkpfzshbrmkjlk_zzmrsspmpkrlmdwrffsb.html?a%3D%26b%3D41403&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628814298398000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGvYbkkVuZkRzXzMjGf4zZchi1guQ\">are considering<\/a>\u00a0cutting that funding down to as little as $5 billion as they seek to fit a slew of priorities into a $3.5 trillion window for their coming package.<\/p>\n<p>Backers, including many public health experts, are warning that it is incredibly short-sighted to cut back on pandemic preparedness funding in the middle of a pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 20 Democratic lawmakers&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38665,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38664\/revisions\/38665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}