Guest Concerned with WHO Membership

Washington, D.C. –Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03) joined 88 Republican Members in a letter to President Joe Biden requesting internal documents and communications related to the World Health Organization (WHO) in an effort to hold the Biden Administration accountable for supporting the international organization.

“It is clear the WHO is—and will remain—incapable of leading global responses to health emergencies… We believe that the U.S. should withdraw from the WHO. Absent such a withdrawal, your administration should at the very least work to overhaul its operations, not expand its power… In short, the WHO is not working in the interests of the American people – if it ever was. We are committed to holding your administration accountable for wasting taxpayer dollars by continuing to fund this corrupt international bureaucracy,” the Members write in their letter.

The Members also cite Russia’s membership, the targeting of Israel, and the election of the Syrian Assad regime to the WHO’s executive board as examples of the organization’s divergence from the interests of the American people.

You can read the entire letter by clicking here.

Congressman Michael Guest represents Mississippi's Third Congressional District. Currently serving his second term, Congressman Guest serves as the Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, as a Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and as a Member of the Committee on Ethics.

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