According to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation, Texas and Oklahoma are suing the Biden administration over a public health rule they say gives too much power to the World Health Organization (WHO).
A copy of the complaint says that the states say that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) “illegally” gave the WHO the power to declare a public health emergency in the U.S. The plaintiffs say that a rule from 2017 gives the WHO the power to decide when there is a public health emergency in the U.S. because of a communicable disease.
The complaint says that HHS’s definitions for the declaration come straight from the WHO.
The complaint says that the Department’s definition of a “public health emergency” goes beyond what the agency is allowed to do because it gives the World Health Organization (WHO) the power to use emergency health powers in the United States. This goes against U.S. and state sovereignty.
In July, the states asked for the rule to be changed, but the Biden administration said no, according to the complaint. Now, they want the court to step in and say that the rule is “illegal” because it depends on the authority of a foreign body.
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America First Legal, which was founded by former Trump administration officials, is representing Texas in its lawsuit, which was filed in a Texas district court.
“The last several years have been a horrifying tutorial of how U.S. global elites working in concert are prepared to use the pretext of a healthcare emergency to impose draconian and totalitarian controls over the lives of our people – that is what this historic lawsuit is all about,” former Trump administration adviser and current president of American First Legal Stephen Miller said in a statement to the DCNF.
Biden’s HHS secretary, Xavier Becerra, extended on Jan. 11 the country’s public health emergency over COVID-19. It has been in place since January 2020.
The WHO has faced scrutiny in recent years due to its alleged reliance on China, which led former President Trump to pull U.S. funding from the global health organization. During a 2021 congressional hearing, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said there were “indications” of Chinese influence on the WHO.
“We are proud and honored to represent the great State of Texas and to work with courageous patriot Attorney General Ken Paxton in filing this lawsuit against Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services for unlawfully relinquishing America’s national sovereignty to the World Health Organization–empowering corrupt foreign governments and bureaucrats to make life and death decisions about our society, our economy, our families, and our most essential freedoms,” Miller said.
HHS didn’t immediately respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.
Post written by Jennie Taer. Republished with permission from DCNF. Images via Becker News.
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