House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Wednesday that Republicans will look into the origins of COVID-19 through a series of hearings and proposed legislation.
While the minority party cannot launch an official investigation, the GOP is using this effort to accuse Democrats of lacking interest in holding China accountable for the pandemic, which has killed over 4 million people.
McCarthy, a California Republican, told reporters his conference members have proposed eight pillars intended to “deliver transparency” to expose the origins of the coronavirus. That includes declassifying intelligence related to the creation of COVID-19 and prohibiting National Institutes of Health funding to governments including China, North Korea, and Iran.
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“We need to restrict the visas and impose sanctions so they understand that they cannot continue to do this around the world,” McCarthy said. “We need to work with the international community to relocate the 24th Winter Olympic Games. If China would lie to the world where millions die, why would the world reward another Olympics?”
Additionally, McCarthy called for an investigation into American companies, including Google, which reportedly funded Wuhan lab-linked scientist Peter Daszak and his charity for over a decade.
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“How much more of this funding is going, maybe not directly to a grant, but another grantee coming in? Is any of this funding also going to Iran, Russia, or others [of] our adversaries?” he asked.
