Washington, D.C. – Congressman Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-01), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, voted for legislation that he cosponsored to protect American sovereignty against the World Health Organization (WHO). H.R. 1425, the No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act, passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 219 to 199.
This legislation would require any convention or agreement resulting from the work of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) intergovernmental negotiating body to be deemed a treaty, requiring the advice and consent of a supermajority of the U.S. Senate. This serves as an additional measure of procedural protection against the Executive Branch circumventing the will of the people by consenting unilaterally to any such agreement.
“This legislation aims to preserve our sovereignty by implementing the rightful Congressional check, enshrined in our Constitution, on international agreements by requiring two-thirds approval of the Senate,” said Congressman Moran. “The Biden-Harris Administration should not allow the World Health Organization and United Nations to control our management of pandemic preparation that would surrender our sovereignty. I was proud to cosponsor and vote for this legislation both in committee and on the floor of the full House. Now, it is the Senate’s time to act. I strongly urge the Senate to quickly take up and pass this bill to safeguard American sovereignty.”
H.R. 1425 was led in the House by Congressman Tom Tiffany (R-WI-07). A companion bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) and cosponsored by the entire Senate Republican Conference.
