Commerce Secretary Raimondo pushing to lift tough U.S. travel restrictions
By Andrea Shalal
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Monday she is pressing for the easing of coronavirus restrictions that bar much of the world from traveling to the United States but that U.S. health officials remain concerned about more outbreaks.
Dozen of U.S. business groups, lawmakers and officials from foreign governments are urging President Joe Biden s administration to relax tough restrictions put in place under former President Donald Trump. We re working it, Raimondo told Reuters in an interview I m pushing really hard.
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WASHINGTON: US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Monday (Jul 12) she is pressing for the easing of coronavirus restrictions that bar much of the world from traveling to the United States but that US health officials remain concerned about more outbreaks.
Dozen of US business groups, lawmakers and officials from foreign governments are urging President Joe Biden s administration to relax tough restrictions put in place under former President Donald Trump.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Thursday it was “absolutely the government’s business” to know which Americans haven’t been vaccinated yet against the coronavirus.
And why? Because the sociopaths in office wasted our taxes locking us down and forcing those too timid to defy them to diaper their faces:
…Becerra told CNN the government has had to “spend trillions of dollars to try to keep Americans alive during this pandemic.”
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