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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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E&C Republican Leaders Statement on FDA COVID-19 Vaccine Approval

08.23.2021

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 after the U.S. Food and Drug  Administration (FDA) announced the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is licensed for use.  

“This approval will build more confidence and trust in the vaccines, which are safe and highly effective at preventing severe illness, hospitalizations, and death from COVID-19. For anyone who hasn’t yet...

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Pressure Builds for NIH to be Transparent

07.27.2021

Leader Rodgers: “We want to know what was funded through taxpayer dollars”

Pressure is building on National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins to be transparent and provide documents and information that will inform a complete, comprehensive, and objective investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

.@HouseCommerce is pressing @NIH to review...

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Leader Rodgers Statement on CDC Mask Guidance

07.27.2021

Washington, D.C.—House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) plans to update mask guidance for vaccinated people to wear masks indoors:

“The CDC’s updated guidance deeply undermines vaccine confidence. Mask mandates for more command and control will not build trust—only resentment. The Biden Administration should be leading with science, not shame and fear.

“Specifically regarding children, we know that children are at low-risk for COVID-19. They’ve suffered enough and...

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E&C Republican Leaders Again Ask NIH for Grant Documents Related to Humanized Mice Experiments and Wuhan Lab

07.22.2021

The Leaders Call on NIH again to be transparent and provide documents the Committee GOP is requesting.

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 Wednesday to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins.

There were four main points of concern that the leaders raise in their letter:

HUMANIZED MICE: The leaders call for answers regarding possible gain-of-function research at the Wuhan...

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Leader Rodgers on CBS This Morning: The NIH Must be Transparent and Provide Documents for the COVID-19 Origins Investigation

07.22.2021

Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) spoke with CBS about the COVID-19 origins investigation. She said that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is not cooperating or meeting their own standard of accountability and transparency to answer how taxpayer dollars funded research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).

She called on the Biden Administration and the NIH to open up and provide documents to the Committee that will inform a complete, comprehensive, and objective investigation.

“We want...

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