Press Releases

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is investigating possible undue interference on the accelerated approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). During the Select Subcommittee’s hearing titled “Assessing America’s Vaccine Safety Systems, Part 1,” FDA Director Dr. Peter Marks testified that the FDA’s approval of the COVID-19 ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold 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 OPPR was established in 2023 to lead, coordinate, and implement actions related to potential biological threats and possible significant public ...

WASHINGTON — The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled “Assessing America’s Vaccine Safety Systems, Part 1” to examine the effectiveness of vaccine safety reporting and injury compensation systems following the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. Biden Administration officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) all testified that ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is threatening to subpoena officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to obtain testimony related to the Department’s ongoing and deliberate effort to stonewall numerous Select Subcommittee investigations. During a public hearing last month, the Select Subcommittee demanded answers from HHS Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Dr. Melanie Egorin, about HHS’s year-long ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “Assessing America’s Vaccine Safety Systems, Part 1” with a reminder that balanced conversations about the integrity and credibility of vaccinations are important for restoring trust in America’s public health system following the COVID-19 pandemic. Chairman Wenstrup detailed serious shortcomings in vaccine safety reporting and vaccine injury compensation ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled “Assessing America’s Vaccine Safety Systems, Part One” to examine the effectiveness of vaccine safety reporting and injury compensation systems following the rollout of the controversial COVID-19 vaccine. The federal government maintains a surveillance system that monitors injuries resulting from widely available vaccinations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns ...

WASHINGTON — The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled “Overseeing the Department of Health and Human Services’ Compliance with Congress” to demand accountability from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) following months of deliberate stonewalling and relentless attempts to evade the Select Subcommittee’s investigations. Today’s hearing proved that whether in a public forum, behind closed doors, or in written communications, HHS ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “Overseeing the Department of Health and Human Services’ Compliance with Congress” by describing the relentless stonewalling and obstruction of the Select Subcommittee’s investigations by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS has repeatedly produced documents that are illegible, unresponsive, and unnecessarily redacted while simultaneously ...

WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled “Overseeing the Department of Health and Human Services’ Compliance with Congress” to demand accountability from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after months of deliberate stonewalling and relentless attempts to evade the Select Subcommittee’s investigations. HHS has repeatedly frustrated legitimate Congressional oversight efforts by ...

WASHINGTON — Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) led a transcribed interview of Dr. David Morens — a top advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The six-hour testimony centered on allegations that Dr. Morens deleted COVID-19 origins material and used his personal email to avoid the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) during the pandemic. In emails revealed by the Select ...