The Biden administration has received mixed responses from Congress over its decision to have the United States re-engage with the United Nations Human Rights Council. Under the Trump administration, the United States withdrew from the 47-member council in June 2018, noting that some of the worst human rights abusers—China, Cuba, and Venezuela—were council members. On Feb. 8, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken slammed the 2018 decision, saying the withdrawal “did nothing to encourage meaningful change, but instead created a vacuum of U.S. leadership,” according to a press statement. Acknowledging that the council is a “flawed body” in need of reform, Blinken said that President Joe Biden instructed the State Department to “re-engage immediately and robustly with the UN Human Rights Council” as an observer. An observer in the council can submit draft resolutions but does not have voting rights. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who sits on the Senate Foreign …