Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., who introduced one of the two measures opposed by the White House, said in a statement that President Joe Biden “has taken too long to take action on his statement last September that the pandemic is over.”
Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., who introduced the measure to end the national emergency Trump enacted in March 2020, tweeted, “There is no reason to wait.”
In a separate statement, the White House threatened to veto a GOP-backed bill that would eliminate the Covid vaccination mandate for certain health care providers.
"While COVID-19 is no longer the disruptive threat that it once was, it makes no sense for Congress to reverse this protection for vulnerable patients, as well as our health care workers who have given so much to protect us," the White House said in a statement of administration policy.