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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 ...

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 ...