#shorts On 1/31/2021, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Republican Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), and Congresswoman Laurel Lee (R-Fla.) at today’s leadership press conference to discuss how President Biden caved to House Republicans and announced he will end the Public Health Emergencies. Scalise called out President Biden for waiting until May to end these emergencies and highlighted how House Republicans will be voting on legislation this week. Scalise pointed out that if the American people are expected to show up to work, federal employees should be held to the same standard.

House Republicans are taking credit after the Biden administration announced it would allow the public health emergency to expire one day before the lower chamber voted on legislation that would end the pandemic declaration. The White House will end emergency measures on May 11, it said Monday, while the legislation, brought forward by Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), would end it immediately.

Scalise said President Joe Biden had “caved” to pressure from House Republicans. “I am glad to see the White House is following the lead of House Republicans and announcing they plan to finally end the Public Health Emergency … on the heels of our announcement last week that we will vote this week to immediately end this outdated declaration. Rather than waiting until May 11, the Biden Administration should join us now in immediately ending this declaration,” the congressman said. House Republicans are working to dismantle all emergency measures in their first weeks in the majority. They have reopened the Capitol to public access and eliminated proxy voting, which allowed members to cast votes on behalf of absent colleagues.

On 1/31/2021, Steve Scalise joined Republican Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), and Congresswoman Laurel Lee (R-Fla.) at today’s leadership press conference to discuss how President Biden caved to House Republicans and announced he will end the Public Health Emergencies. Scalise called out President Biden for waiting until May to end these emergencies and highlighted how House Republicans will be voting on legislation this week. Scalise pointed out that if the American people are expected to show up to work, federal employees should be held to the same standard.

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Steve Scalise: Biden Caved to House Republicans on Outdated COVID Emergencies