Fact Checking Ocasio-Cortez’s misleading complaint: Trump did not transfer funds for the opioid emergency
By Glenn Kessler Glenn Kessler The Fact Checker Email Bio Follow March 12 at 3:00 AM “Amount President Trump has transferred from other agencies to fund his ‘Build the Wall’ Emergency: $10s of millions, & has identified billions more. Amount he’s transferred to address the Opioid National Emergency: $0”C-SPAN tweeted out a five-minute clip of Ocasio-Cortez questioning James W.
Such declarations allow the HHS secretary to take a variety of steps, including using money appropriated for the Public Health Emergency Fund. In other words, the situations are not comparable. Trump wanted almost $6 billion for his wall, which Congress refused. But Congress acted to give the administration more than $6 billion for the opioid crisis, so there was little need for him to transfer funds without congressional authorization.
“Between 1988 and 2000, the fund was authorized for annual appropriations sufficient to have a balance of $45 million at the beginning of each fiscal year,” said a report by the Congressional Research Service. “Despite this prior authorization of annual appropriations, the fund received appropriations only in response to a few public health threats , but did not receive an appropriation for its intended use as a reserve fund for unanticipated events.
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