Tue Jan 31, 2023 – 2:15 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — President Joe Biden has announced he will end both of the United States’ COVID emergencies in May.
In a Monday statement of administration policy, the White House informed the House of Representatives that the current national and public health emergencies (which are set to expire on March 11 and April 1, respectively) would be renewed until May 11 but then allowed to expire on that day.
“This wind-down would align with the Administration’s previous commitments to give at least 60 days’ notice prior to termination of the [public health emergency],” the statement reads.
The White House issued the statement in response to a bill (H.R. 382) and joint resolution (H.J. Res. 7) that would have immediately ended the twin emergencies. In its statement, the White House claimed an immediate end to the emergencies “would create wide-ranging chaos and uncertainty throughout the health care system” and “end the Title 42 policy at the border,” a Trump-era measure allowing swift deportation of illegal immigrants during a public health emergency.
House Republicans who support ending the emergencies at once, however, implied that Biden’s decision to wait until
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