Within hours of being sworn in, the incoming Biden Administration sent another critical signal that America will “engage the world” by rejecting last week’s baffling rescission package – a step which could not have been more urgent.

While surely to have been rejected by Congress on a bipartisan basis, the immediate unfreezing of these essential resources for health and humanitarian programs like GAVI’s global vaccination efforts, the McGovern-Dole child nutrition program, and PEPFAR ensures these programs continue saving lives around the world and protecting America’s own health and economic security.