Amo Leads Democratic Effort on House Floor to Stop Trump’s Dangerous Disinvestment in Diplomacy and Global Health

Washington, DC - TODAY, Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) offered a motion to recommit Republicans' National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Actof 2027, warning that the bill would undermine American leadership abroad and make Americans more vulnerable to global health threats. Republicans rejected the motion to recommit, allowing the bill to advance.Congressman Amo's motion to recommit would have sent the bill back to the Committee. If the House rules permitted, the Congressman would have offered an amendment to strike provisions that prohibit U.S. participation in international public health efforts.

"Coordinating our public health response is common sense and prevents diseases like Ebola from reaching our shores," said Congressman Gabe Amo. "But at every turn, Trump and Republicans have abandoned American leadership on the world stage, pulled out of critical global health partnerships, and left Americans vulnerable to infectious diseases. We can't stick our heads in the sand and ignore the outside world; we need to step up and lead it. This bill fails to provide the funds to make that possible, making our position in the world more precarious and our nation less prosperous. I won't stop fighting Trump's floundering foreign policy to ensure our security, stability, and leadership on the world stage."

WATCH HERE: Congressman Amo takes to the House floor to speak out against Republicans' dangerous defunding of diplomacy and global health.

Background

Congressman Amo introduced the Motion to Recommit H.R. 8595, which would have tabled the bill and prevented it from advancing. Republicans voted it down.

Amo also aimed to amend the bill to stop Trump from keeping the U.S. out of global public health programs, including the World Health Organization and the Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Accord. House Republicans refused to consider this common-sense amendment.

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