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This resolution urges Rhode Island's federal delegation to demand the reversal of several health and safety policy actions taken during the Trump administration. Specifically, the resolution calls on Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo to take immediate action to restore U.S. leadership in global health. The recommended actions include rejoining the World Health Organization (WHO), re-entering the Paris Climate Agreement, restoring foreign aid funding (particularly for HIV prevention and reproductive health services), unfreezing federal grants for Medicaid, restoring funding and operations for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), repealing the Mexico City Policy, ending communications blackouts (especially the pause in publishing the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), removing restrictions on scientific research, and ultimately restoring trust in U.S. global health leadership. The resolution argues that these actions are necessary to protect health, scientific inquiry, and human rights, and to ensure that the U.S. can effectively respond to global health challenges and support vulnerable populations.

Health and Social Services

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