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Senate Health and Welfare committee advances strike-all amendment to resolution opposing federal public-health actions
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to report an amended version of Senate Resolution No. 16 to the full Senate after adopting a strike-all amendment that makes two wording changes, including language about withdrawal from the World Health Organization and a passage concerning the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee on May 30 voted to send an amended version of Senate Resolution No. 16 — a resolution opposing recent federal actions it says threaten public health — to the full Senate after adopting a strike-all amendment that makes two specific wording changes.
The strike-all amendment, described to the committee by Jen Carvey of the Office of Legislative Counsel, replaces the committee-referred text with new language and incorporates two changes staff called out during editing. "This is a strike all amendment, but there's really only 2 changes," Carvey said.
The first change adjusts a whereas clause to characterize a reported executive order to withdraw from the World Health Organization as a move that "may jeopardize" public health;…
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