Fri Oct 15, 2021 – 4:58 pm EDT
CONCORD, New Hampshire (LifeSiteNews) – New Hampshire turned down $27 million from the federal government to promote COVID-19 vaccines, to the chagrin of liberal Republican Gov. Chris Sununu.
CBS affiliate WCAX reported that the state’s five-member Executive Council, which must approve all federal funds above $10,000, voted down the measure Wednesday, making New Hampshire the first state to reject federal COVID dollars.
“Today’s vote by members of my own party, quite frankly, was a disservice to the constituents that we are all elected to serve,” fumed Sununu. “The AG, Department of Health and Human Services, they addressed all of the councilors concerns and they still voted to send $27 million of our tax dollars, frankly, back to Washington, D.C., instead of spending it here to help our state to get out of this pandemic.”
The WCAX neglected to report on the council’s reasons for rejecting the money but linked to a brief Associated Press report on state Attorney General John Formella disputing council members’ fears that the money would bind the state to future “broad and sweeping federal mandates” from the Biden administration.
The Conway Daily Sun went
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