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Wenstrup to Hold Hearing with Dr. Fauci’s Senior Advisor

Top aid is appearing before the Select Subcommittee under the mandate of a subpoena WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled “A Hearing with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Senior Scientific Advisor, Dr. David Morens.” This hearing will examine overwhelming evidence that shows Dr. David Morens — a former top advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National ...
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Hearing Wrap Up: NIH Refutes EcoHealth’s Testimony, Tabak Reveals Federal Grant Procedures in Need of Serious Reform

WASHINGTON — The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled “Overseeing the Overseers: A Hearing with NIH Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak” to examine the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) process for funding and overseeing scientific research as well as investigate NIH’s relationship with EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. (EcoHealth). Members pressed former Acting NIH Director and current Principal Deputy Director, Dr. Lawrence Tabak, to explain numerous ...
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Wenstrup: Americans Have Serious Concerns with NIH’s Grant Awarding, Oversight Procedures

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “Overseeing the Overseers: A Hearing with NIH Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak” by highlighting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision yesterday to immediately implement a government-wide suspension on all funds allocated to EcoHealth Alliance (EcoHealth) and begin official debarment proceedings against the organization. This decision ...
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Wenstrup Releases Former NIH Director Francis Collins’s Transcript, Highlights Key Takeaways in New Memo

WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) released the transcript from Dr. Francis Collins’s transcribed interview. Dr. Collins helped lead the government’s COVID-19 pandemic response as the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) until his resignation at the end of 2021. In conjunction with the transcript, the Select Subcommittee also released a new staff memo that highlights the key takeaways from Dr. Collins’s ...
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BREAKING: HHS Suspends Funding and Proposes Formal Debarment of EcoHealth Alliance, Cites Evidence from COVID Select Report

WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) accepted the Select Subcommittee’s recommendation to formally debar EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. (EcoHealth). HHS will immediately commence official debarment proceedings and implement a government-wide suspension of U.S. taxpayer funds to EcoHealth — including a hold on all active ...
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Wenstrup Announces Hearing with NIH Principal Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled “Overseeing the Overseers: A Hearing with NIH Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak.” This hearing will examine the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) process for funding and overseeing scientific research as well as delve into the NIH’s relationship with EcoHealth Alliance (EcoHealth). Information uncovered during the Select Subcommittee’s extensive investigation ...
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Wenstrup Announces Subpoena for Top Fauci Advisor’s Public Testimony, New Emails Show Deliberate Obstruction

“Each day of delay helps,” EcoHealth Alliance President Dr. Peter Daszak writes. WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced a subpoena to compel Dr. David Morens — a top advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — to appear for a public hearing on May 22, 2024. Dr. Morens will be asked to address new evidence suggesting he deliberately obstructed ...
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Classified State Department Documents Credibly Suggest COVID-19 Lab Leak, Wenstrup Pushes for Declassification

WASHINGTON — The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic recently reviewed classified U.S. Department of State (State Department) documents that credibly suggest COVID-19 originated from a lab related accident in Wuhan, China. The documents also strongly convey that the Chinese Communist Party attempted to cover-up the lab leak and that the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) maintains a relationship with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) ...
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Hearing Wrap Up: EcoHealth Alliance Should be Criminally Investigated, Formally Debarred

WASHINGTON — The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled “A Hearing with the President of EcoHealth Alliance, Dr. Peter Daszak” to examine EcoHealth Alliance’s (EcoHealth) use of U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). This hearing also served to hold Dr. Daszak publicly accountable for discrepancies between his closed-door transcribed interview and available evidence. Prior to the ...
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Wenstrup Opens Hearing with EcoHealth Alliance President Dr. Peter Daszak, Recommends Formal Debarment and Criminal Investigation

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “A Hearing with the President of EcoHealth Alliance, Dr. Peter Daszak” by breaking down the Select Subcommittee’s just released report on EcoHealth Alliance’s history of malfeasance and the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) inadequate oversight of American taxpayer funds. The report recommends the formal debarment of and a criminal investigation into ...