Press for investigations into the origins of COVID-19.

press for investigations into the origins of COVID-19

Scalise commits to pressing for investigations into COVID-19’s origins.

Biography | Congressman Steve Scalise
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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.

Scalise personally sponsored the 118th Congress rules package that created the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

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H.Res.5 - Actions, 118th Congress
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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.

The Scalise-sponsored resolution gave a House subcommittee an explicit mandate to investigate COVID-19 origins.

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H.Res.5 Text - Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic
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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.

Scalise voted for the House rules package that established the COVID origins investigative subcommittee.

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House Roll Call 23, H.Res.5
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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.

A COVID origins transparency bill became law during Scalise's later House service.

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S.619 - COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023
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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.

Scalise voted for enacted legislation requiring declassification and reporting on COVID-19 origins information.

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House Roll Call 143, S.619 COVID-19 Origin Act
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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.

The enacted COVID-19 Origin Act produced an official declassified intelligence report on COVID-19 origins issues.

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ODNI Report on Potential Links Between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Origins of COVID-19
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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.

The House COVID subcommittee completed the type of investigation Scalise had pressed for through H.Res.5.

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FINAL REPORT: COVID Select Concludes 2-Year Investigation
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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.

The completed House investigation included substantive findings on COVID-19 origins and related research funding.

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FINAL REPORT: COVID Select Concludes 2-Year Investigation
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