Senate Republicans push to remove risky virus research spending from DOD budget

EXCLUSIVE — Sens. Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) are aiming to block all funding for risky gain-of-function pathogen and biomedical research at labs owned by foreign adversaries following the mishaps leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“COVID-19 claimed the lives of over 1 million Americans, demonstrating the deadly nature of risky gain-of-function research,” Marshall told the Washington Examiner. “We must ensure this never happens again. That starts by stopping the federal government from using taxpayer dollars to fund these dangerous projects.”