Lawmakers believe the research could threaten national security and public health.
by JACKSON WALKER | The National DeskIn this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Yang Hongke checks on test samples at a testing lab of KingMed Diagnostics Group Co., Ltd. in Shijiazhuang in northern China's Hebei Province on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Congress ional lawmakers sent a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack last week demanding answers after learning of the agency’s cooperation with Chinese-backed bird flu research ., spearheaded by Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y.
The CAS is the CCP-linked parent organization of the WIV,” they wrote. “CAS is mentioned by name in the notice barring WIV from future U.S. government funding for blatantly violating grant and biosafety policies, refusing to share lab notebooks and other data, and otherwise obstructing investigations into the likely role of the lab’s risky coronavirus GOF research in the origin of COVID-19.”
The lawmakers demanded answers to seven questions regarding the safety of the USDA’s partnership, oversight of the project and whether the FBI was involved in the matter. “It’s simple,” Rep. Langworthy wrote via X. “Our taxpayer dollars should never be sent to the CCP, especially for high-risk virus research. #NeverAgain.”
The letter comes as lawmakers are continuing to probe the origin and response to the novel coronavirus. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., last week“Fauci lied about COVID,” Sen. Paul wrote. “Fauci’s NIH lab was a partner with Wuhan on a proposal to engineer a highly transmissible coronavirus in 2018. But he wasn’t alone, 15 government agencies knew about it and said nothing. Americans deserve answers.”Jackson Walker on X at @_jlwalker_ for the latest trending national news.
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