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WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled “Academic Malpractice: Examining the Relationship Between Scientific Journals, the Government, and Peer Review” to explore any potential inappropriate influence exerted by the federal government over research publications related to COVID-19. The Select Subcommittee recently obtained evidence that indicates top scientific journals Science, Nature, ...

WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) revealed new information from a whistleblower that appears to provide additional evidence of Dr. David Morens — a top advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci — intentionally subverting federal transparency laws to shield discussions related to the origins of COVID-19. During his transcribed interview with the Select Subcommittee in January, Dr. Morens denied deleting any federal COVID-19 ...

WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee on Energy and Commerce (E&C) Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), E&C Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), and E&C Subcommittee on Health Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) announced that EcoHealth Alliance (EcoHealth) President Dr. Peter Daszak will appear ...

WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) invited the respective Editors-in-Chief of Science, Nature, and The Lancet to testify before the Select Subcommittee on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. The hearing seeks to examine any potential inappropriate influence exerted by the federal government over research publications related to COVID-19 and ensure that the federal government is not granted undue access to the ...

WASHINGTON — The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled “Assessing America’s Vaccine Safety Systems, Part 2” to further examine vaccine safety reporting and injury compensation systems. Today’s hearing uncovered substantial evidence that inadequate vaccine safety systems jeopardized the safety and health of Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Witnesses testified to personal experience reporting vaccine injuries that were not recognized by the ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “Assessing America’s Vaccine Safety Systems, Part 2” by describing how the Select Subcommittee seeks to improve future pandemic response through substantive reform of federal health agencies and by restoring trust in public health tools. Chairman Wenstrup detailed how the vaccine injury reporting and compensation systems controlled by these federal agencies ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled “Assessing America’s Vaccine Safety Systems, Part 2” to further examine vaccine safety reporting and injury compensation systems. During the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns arose regarding the ability of physicians to identify and report vaccine injuries to a safety surveillance system that was not structured to handle such a massive influx of injury claims. The ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “Examining the White House’s Role in Pandemic Preparedness and Response” by explaining that after the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats Pandemic Act — more commonly referred to as the PREVENT Pandemics Act. This legislation required the White House to establish a permanent Office of ...

WASHINGTON — The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled “Examining the White House’s Role in Pandemic Preparedness and Response” to discuss the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy’s (OPPR) role in responding to and preventing future pandemics. The newly appointed Director of OPPR, Major General Paul Fredrichs, explained that the office’s main purpose is to convene pandemic preparedness and response groups from across the federal ...

WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced a subpoena to compel former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to appear for a deposition on May 24, 2024. On March 25, 2020, Governor Cuomo issued a mandate that forced New York nursing homes and long-term care facilities to admit or re-admit potentially contagious and untested COVID-19 patients. This order recklessly exposed New York’s most vulnerable population to ...