‘This Is Science’: Pelosi Says $22.5 Billion In Extra COVID Money Is ‘Absolutely Necessary’

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told reporters that passing the Biden administration’s supplemental funding request for $22.5 billion in COVID-19 related funding is “science.”

Speaking at a press conference Thursday, Pelosi said that the funding was “absolutely necessary,” that part of the requested funds were going toward pills that could be used as therapeutic treatment’s for COVID-19, and that she hoped Congressional Republicans would see the “wisdom” and the “science” of funding the administration’s plans.

“The appropriators will be negotiating all of this,” Pelosi said when asked by a reporter about the additional funding, and the state of negotiations over the requests. “The fact is, the $22 billion for COVID is absolutely necessary. In fact, we probably will need more as we need more therapies. One of the pieces of this [appropriations bill] is to buy the pills that will be — you get a [symptom of COVID] and you take the pill. It’s no longer about something being a sub-freezing temperature only, having a shelf life, a certain amount of — this is science, this is going forward. So I would hope that they would see the wisdom of the science of what we need to do in terms of COVID.” – READ MORE