Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) introduced H.R. 6926, the No Taxpayer Dollars for Communist China COVID Tests Act. This bill prevents American tax dollars from being used to purchase Chinese manufactured COVID-19 tests.
In January 2022, Reuters reported that the United States signed a contract to purchase nearly $1.3 billion worth of COVID at-home tests from a company beholden to the Chinese Communist Party.
“President Biden’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been a failure by any measure. From ever-changing and conflicting public health guidelines, to unconstitutional and unscientific vaccine mandates, to the nearly $1.3 billion purchase of Chinese-made COVID tests, the administration’s floundering has cost Americans their health, freedom, and tax dollars,” said Congresswoman Harshbarger. “America deserves better. I am proud to introduce this bill to stop the Biden administration from appeasing dictators, emboldening our adversaries, and abandoning American taxpayers.”
Original cosponsors include: Reps. Gohmert (TX-01), Gimenez (FL-26), Reschenthaler (PA-14), Gaetz (FL-01), Miller-Meeks (IA-02), Babin (TX-36), Brooks (AL-05), Waltz (FL-06), Posey (FL-08), Ellzey (TX-06), Weber (TX-14), Balderson (OH-12), Tiffany (WI-07), DesJarlais (TN-04).
Companion legislation was introduced in the United States Senate by Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Roger Marshall (R-KS), read more here.
Original source can be found here.
