E&C Republican Leaders Request Information From U.S. Group Affiliated With Chinese Lab at Center of COVID-19 Origin Investigation
Washington, D.C. — House Energy & Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter Friday afternoon to Dr. Peter Daszak with EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) requesting information and documents that could be useful to a comprehensive investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
Committee Republicans are demanding a thorough and independent investigation be done in order to learn more about how the pandemic started.
EcoHealth Alliance has long partnered with the Wuhan...
Leader Rodgers Renews Call for Investigation of COVID-19 Pandemic’s Origin
Statement Comes after WHO Director-General Calls for Further Investigation
Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement today applauding the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) for comments he recently made regarding the need for further investigations into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I applaud World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for recognizing the investigations into COVID-19's...
Rodgers: America Needs a Diverse Energy Base To Ensure Grid Resiliency
Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing about the need for a diverse and reliable energy base.
Excerpts and highlights from her prepared remarks:
“I want to express my sorrow to all the families and friends who lost loved ones during this terrible event.
“It’s my hope that we focus on solutions today so this tragedy never happens again—not just in Texas but other states with dangerous energy reliability problems too.”
GRID RESILIENCY
“There should be a full...