Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is suing the Biden Administration over a U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) regulation which allows the World Health Organization (WHO) to exert authority in the U.S. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas contends HHS’s definition of public health emergency exceeds the agency’s scope by giving WHO the authority to invoke emergency health powers.
“This regulation is an infringement on U.S. and state sovereignty,” Drummond said. “It is particularly egregious that the Biden administration would delegate such sovereignty to the World Health Organization in light of the WHO’s many missteps during the pandemic. The WHO’s poor management, lack of accountability and alarming ties to the Chinese communist government render it less than credible. The bottom line is, no country or organization other than the United States government should have the authority to declare a health emergency and invoke the corresponding powers.”
The regulation was finalized during the Obama Administration. The Biden Administration has refused a petition by Oklahoma and other states to eliminate that part of the federal code which gives the excessive power to WHO.
