Attorney General Paxton, along with the State of Oklahoma, is suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to remove an illegal regulation from federal law that cedes our sovereignty to the World Health Organization (“WHO”). Under federal law, HHS has been granted certain police powers to respond to public health emergencies. The Obama-era rule at issue in the lawsuit—which was finalized the day before former President Trump took office—grants the WHO the […]
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Hosts Roundtable with Harris County and Houston Elected Officials and Faith Leaders to Address the Region’s Alarming Black Maternal Death Rate
On Saturday, May 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 6 Regional Director, Sima Ladjevardian, and HHS’ The Partnership Center Director, Reverend Dr. Que English, will convene faith leaders for the Faith + Works Black Maternal Health Community Conversation and Call to Action from 10:00am-12:00pm at Texas Southern University. Participants will include U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, maternal health experts, federal partners, and community […]
Paxton Intervenes in CDC’s Shut-Down of the Cruise Industry
Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a motion to intervene in Florida’s case against the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for their series of unlawful orders that brought the cruise industry to a halt. The CDC issued a series of “no-sailing” or “conditional-sailing” orders that crippled the Texas passenger cruise industry and the many Texas businesses that support it. “The pandemic showed us that the need for stable and predictable law has […]