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If a bill is not passed, there will be dire consequences if $22.5 billion in emergency funding is not passed.

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If a bill is not passed, there will be dire consequences if $22.5 billion in emergency funding is not passed.

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The United States will face severe and immediate consequences if Congress fails to provide us with emergency funding to fight COVID-19. The consequences are dire-- less monoclonal antibodies sent to States and inability to purchase additional treatments, fewer tests available to Americans, and a risk of running short on vaccines.

We have been talking to Congress about our needs. We told Congress in January that we would exhaust our funds because of the surge in cases. We held briefings in February about the lack of funding and what consequences would be if we did not get more funds.

In his State of the Union Address, the president called for more funding for COVID, and our national preparedness plan made clear that funding is needed. Senior administration officials have held more than three dozen calls and meetings with Congress and at least 10 briefings to committees to communicate our needs so that we can do what Americans should expect from their government.

There could be increasing cases of COVID-19 in the United States in the next couple of months, according to scientific and medical experts. We talked about it yesterday.

It will be too late if we wait to provide funding until we are in a worse position. We need funding now so we are prepared.

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