Pelosi Statement on COVID Preparedness Funding Agreement

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced a bipartisan agreement on a $10 billion supplemental funding package for President Biden's pandemic response:

"With the bipartisan agreement reached today in the Senate, the Congress moves closer to delivering urgently needed funding for President Biden's pandemic response. The House looks forward to considering this urgent package upon its passage in the Senate and sending it to the President's desk for signature. While this agreement represents a strong step that we must enact now, we will continue working to do more to give the Administration the resources it needs to keep our families healthy and our communities safe.

"While this agreement does not meet the Administration's full request, this package will fulfill immediate needs to secure more vaccines, boosters, testing and therapeutics to keep the pandemic at bay – and it must be enacted as quickly as possible.

"Our Democratic House Majority is disappointed that Senate Republicans have blocked necessary funding for our global pandemic response. American leadership is essential to subduing this virus in underserved communities around the world and preventing a dangerous variant from unwinding our hard-fought progress here at home. No one is safe until everyone is safe – and House Democrats will continue fighting for more funding to vaccinate the world."