House Republicans Press WH, Fauci on Origin of COVID

House Republicans are pressuring the Biden administration and other officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, to provide documents, information and testimony about the origin of the coronavirus.

Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chair of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability chair James Comer, R-Ky., sent letters Monday to six officials, including Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for nearly 40 years before retiring from the government at the end of last year.  

Letters also were sent to Peter Daszak, president of the EcoHealth Alliance, a non-governmental organization that reportedly funded coronavirus research at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology; Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines; Dr. Francis Collins, acting science advisor to President Joe Biden; and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. They are follow-ups to letters sent to each in December by Republicans on the select subcommittee.