Biden Seeks $500 Million Earmark for Political Allies’ Pandemic Preparedness Group

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra attends a town hall meeting at the BeWell clinic in Orange, Calif., on March 9, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Four key House Republicans are questioning a $500 million earmark sought by President Joe Biden for an international group headquartered in Oslo, Norway, and led in the United States by political appointees of former President Barack Obama.

The $500 million would go to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovation (CEPI), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), which was formed in 2017 by the governments of Norway and India, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and the World Economic Forum (WEF), according to the group’s website.