Nearly two years since the onset of COVID-19, the Biden Administration is requesting an additional $30 billion in federal aid.
As the Wall Street Journal reported,
Health and Human Services Department officials outlined the request for additional aid in a briefing with congressional staff on Tuesday. . . The request includes $17.9 billion for medical countermeasures like antivirals, $4.9 billion for testing capacity, and $2.7 billion to combat future variants.
Within a year, the Biden Administration has already spent trillions of dollars on its COVID-19 response, which comes against the behest of Republicans.
The administration seems to be biting more than they can chew, as they have yet to spend the $1.9 trillion included in last year's COVID-19 aid package.
According to the WSJ's sources,
An HHS official confirmed that the department briefed congressional aides on the request and said the additional aid would “help us continue expanding the tools the country needs to stay ahead of the virus and help us move toward the time when Covid-19 will not disrupt our daily lives.
Lawmakers are currently creating a spending plan for the 2022 fiscal year, which is a sticky situation for the federal government amid rising national debt. The US is currently over $30 trillion deep.
As ALN previously reported, Democrats' frivolous spending is a reckless political decision, as seen with Biden's Build Back Better Act, which will generate $3 trillion in new debt.
That’s right, keep asking for and spending more tax dollars. What democrats do best. Take this privilege away from them and they will fall for sure. Xi Jinping Biden just can’t stop his compulsion to keep COVID19 strong and healthy!! A most powerful drug to take We The People down,,,with him!