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WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled “Churches vs. Casinos: The Constitution is not Suspended in Times of Crisis” to examine the constitutionality of federal, state, and local actions during the COVID-19 pandemic that infringed on the civil liberties of Americans. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Neil Gorsuch’s recent opinion in Arizona v. Mayorkas condemns ...

WASHINGTON — The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled “Oversight of CDC Policies and Decisions During the COVID-19 Pandemic” to examine the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) response to the pandemic and delve into their numerous ineffectual public policy decisions. Select Subcommittee members pointed out CDC Director Walensky’s inconsistent COVID-19 guidance that led to public confusion and distrust in America’s health ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “Oversight of CDC Policies and Decisions During the COVID-19 Pandemic” by noting that America’s public health authorities — including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — caused significant damage during the pandemic with unscientific policies and confusing guidance. After months of stonewalling by the Department of Health and Human ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled “Oversight of CDC Policies and Decisions During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” This hearing will examine the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) response to the pandemic and delve into their numerous ineffectual public policy decisions — including vaccine and mask mandates, public guidance regarding immunity and testing, and published guidance that kept ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is insisting upon transparency and cooperation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as it has continued to stonewall legitimate Congressional oversight for the past two months. Chairman Wenstrup is reiterating his March 28, 2023, request for documents and communications related to potential political interference in the CDC’s school reopening guidance, including by the ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is requesting two, unredacted documents from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to further assist in the Select Subcommittee’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the Communist Party of China’s cover up. While negotiating the upcoming testimony of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, Chairman Wenstrup requested access to both ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) received confirmation today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has finally agreed to allow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky to publicly testify on June 13, 2023. Chairman Wenstrup first requested Director Walensky’s testimony on April 5, 2023, and formally invited her to testify on May 22, 2023. As a leading public health official ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is calling on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explain its letter to the University of California, Irvine (Irvine) in which the NIH suspended all subgrant funds previously allocated to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) under claims that the WIV “has been conducting research at its facilities in China that pose serious bio-safety concerns.” The May 2020 letter is another ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) sent a final letter to American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten requesting supplementary documents and communications related to her influence over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s school reopening guidance. Ms. Weingarten’s testimony before the Select Subcommittee in April revealed previously unknown information that raises additional questions about AFT’s ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is demanding accountability from former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro regarding the decision, or the decision of their predecessor, to mandate nursing homes and long-term care facilities admit contagious and untested COVID-19 patients. Chairman Wenstrup is calling on the four lawmakers to ...