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Gregory Meeks: “I oppose this amendment. The draft pandemic agreement advances global health security without impacting the United…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2024
I oppose this amendment. The draft pandemic agreement advances global health security without impacting the United States' international sovereignty. The draft agreement explicitly states that it does not give the WHO any power to dictate specific policy to member nations and that member states may implement the policies according to their own sovereign laws. Many of the issues the United States delegation in Geneva is currently negotiating in the draft pandemic agreement are to ensure a final agreement is in compliance with U.S. laws rather than subverting them. Mr. Chair, for these reasons and others, I strongly urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this misleading amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York
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Sep 11, 2024

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