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E&C Republicans Press Sec. Blinken on Whether Wuhan Lab Had Military Ties

10.05.2021

Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday. The leaders are requesting an update from the State Department on its January 15, 2021 fact sheet regarding the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) collaborating with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.

The leaders point to their prior letter and ask...

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E&C Republican Leaders Request Information on CDC’s Data of COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections

09.28.2021

Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday, regarding the CDC’s decision not to collect data on breakthrough cases of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) among Americans unless the breakthrough cases result in hospitalization or death.

WHY IT MATTERS: Ensuring the CDC and other decision-makers have the best information to combat...

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Leader Rodgers: “It’s Time to Consider the Safety and Overall Well-Being of Our Children”

09.22.2021

Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the effects COVID-19 policies are having on America’s children.

Excerpts and highlights from her prepared remarks:

Too many elected officials continue to push policies focused ONLY on COVID-19 and cruel restrictions—restrictions that they themselves don’t want to follow.

Where is the consideration of other aspects of health and children’s overall well-being and mental health? pic.twitter.com/qWMGWQQ9iv

— CathyMcMorrisRodgers (@cathymcmorris) September 22, 2021

ERODING...

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Leader Griffith Highlights Harms Surrounding Children and COVID-19

09.22.2021

Washington, D.C. — Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigations Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered remarks in a subcommittee hearing about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on America’s children.

Excerpts and highlights from his prepared remarks:

THE CONCERN SURROUNDING CHILDREN

“Overall, children are at lower risk than adults for severe illness, hospitalization, and death due to COVID-19, but there is still a risk, particularly for those who are unvaccinated.

“After a decline of cases in children earlier this summer, cases in children have increased...

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Rodgers Statement on President Biden Forcing Vaccines and Undermining Vaccine Confidence

09.09.2021

Washington D.C. — Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about President Joe Biden’s expected announcement to force all federal workers to receive a COVID-19 vaccine with no option for testing.

“President Biden continues to undermine confidence in safe and effective vaccines. He is using fear, control, and mandates — and failing to put science first. He hasn’t even nominated a FDA commissioner. This pandemic will never end if the American people aren’t trusted or given the information they...

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E&C Republican Leaders Respond to Publication of Documents on U.S. Funded Coronavirus Research in China

09.07.2021

Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) released the following statement about the more than 900 pages of documents published by the Intercept that show the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Institutes for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) funded risky coronavirus research in China through EcoHealth Alliance.

“These NIH grant documents further indicate that Dr. Fauci and Dr....

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E&C Republicans to CDC: Public Health Must Be Based on Science and Data, Not Fear.

09.01.2021

Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, led by Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), sent a letter Thursday to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle P. Walensky on the CDC’s reversal of its guidance on mask-wearing for vaccinated individuals.

The members are worried that such guidance is undermining the American peoples’ confidence in the safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines and is undermining trust in public health, especially for parents trying to make the best decisions for their children.

Key Excerpts:

“While it is clear...

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E&C Republican Leaders Request Further Info From NIH & NIAID Following Concerns of Wuhan Lab Biosafety Procedures

08.25.2021

Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a new letter Tuesday to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins.

Why this matters: This latest letter raises questions about biosafety concerns at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) and whether the NIH appropriately assessed such concerns prior to sending U.S. taxpayer funds to conduct research there. In particular, the...

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