press for investigations into the origins of COVID-19
Press for investigations into the origins of COVID-19.
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Evidence
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Steve Scalise as sponsor of H.Res.5. The resolution was agreed to in the House on January 9, 2023 by 220-213.
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H.Res.5 established a select investigative subcommittee and authorized and directed it to conduct a full and complete investigation and final report regarding the origins of the Coronavirus pandemic, including federal funding of gain-of-function research.
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The Clerk records Roll Call 23 on H.Res.5 as passed, 220 yeas to 213 nays. Scalise, Republican of Louisiana, voted Yea.
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Congress.gov states S.619 became Public Law No. 118-2. The law requires ODNI to declassify all information relating to potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of COVID-19 and submit an unclassified report to Congress.
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The Clerk records Roll Call 143 on S.619, the COVID-19 Origin Act, as passed 419-0. Scalise, Republican of Louisiana, voted Yea.
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ODNI states the report responds to the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 and declassifies information relating to potential links between WIV and the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report describes IC assessments, WIV coronavirus research, biosafety concerns, and WIV researchers who fell ill in fall 2019.
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The House Oversight Committee states the Select Subcommittee concluded its two-year investigation, sent more than 100 investigative letters, conducted more than 30 transcribed interviews and depositions, held 25 hearings and meetings, reviewed more than one million pages of documents, and confirmed the most likely origin of the pandemic.
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The committee summary says COVID-19 most likely emerged from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, and lists findings related to WIV research, sick WIV researchers, gain-of-function research, EcoHealth Alliance, and NIH failures.
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Steve Scalise as sponsor of H.Res.5, which was agreed to in the House and established a Select Subcommittee directed to investigate COVID-19 origins.
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The House Oversight Committee says the Select Subcommittee concluded its two-year COVID-19 investigation and released a final report with findings on pandemic origins.
Assessments
Scalise materially advanced the promised outcome during his ongoing House service: he sponsored and voted for H.Res.5 in January 2023, which created the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic with an explicit mandate to investigate COVID-19 origins. That subcommittee then conducted a two-year origins investigation and issued a final report in December 2024. He also voted for the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, which became law and produced an ODNI declassification report. This satisfies the promise to press for investigations into COVID-19 origins with direct candidate credit and same-term federal timing.
Scalise materially advanced the promised oversight outcome during his federal House service by sponsoring and voting for H.Res.5, which created and mandated the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic to investigate COVID-19 origins. That subcommittee then conducted a two-year investigation and issued findings on the origins question. He also voted for enacted legislation requiring declassification and reporting on potential Wuhan Institute of Virology links. This satisfies the promise to press for investigations, with delivery occurring while he remained in office.