An interagency team of officials has briefed US lawmakers on America’s Covid-19 assistance to India who then urged the Biden administration to make the military available to bring additional urgent medical supply donations to the country. “I appreciate the Biden administration sending so many individuals to brief us on the Covid-19 situation in India,” Congressman Brad Sherman, Democratic Chair of the Congressional India Caucus, said a day after the briefing.
The officials were from the State Department, US Agency for International Development (USAID), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The meeting was co-hosted by Republican Co-Chair Congressman Steve Chabot.
“As Democratic chair of the Congressional India Caucus, I have made India’s need for additional assistance and relief clear, and I look forward to working with the administration and my colleagues to get relief and donations delivered to the people of India in an efficient,…