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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (MI-02) announced his support for Congress to fully and thoroughly investigate the origins of Covid-19 in a bipartisan manner. On Friday, Huizenga joined more than 200 members of the Republican Conference in sending a formal request to Speaker Pelosi asking that she direct the Democrat Committee Chairs to join House Republicans in their investigation into the origins of COVID-19.

It has been nearly 18 months since COVID-19 emerged from Wuhan, China, and House Democrats have not held a single hearing on the origins of COVID-19 despite House Republicans asking numerous times for congressional resources to investigate and examine claims that the pandemic started in a Chinese lab, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) covered it up.

In the letter to Speaker Pelosi, Huizenga and the Republican lawmakers wrote, “These questions about the CCP’s liability are not a diversion, as you falsely claimed. To the contrary, every American family that lost someone deserves answers about the origin of this terrible virus, and House Democrats’ ongoing refusal to allocate investigative resources to get those answers is an affront to them.”

Recently, the Wall Street Journal reported that three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 and sought hospital care in November 2019, according to U.S. intelligence sources. This revelation has prompted major concerns regarding the virus’ origins and the efforts of the U.S. intelligence community to hold the CCP accountable.

Despite this new evidence, House Democrats have remained indifferent about the CCP’s role in the pandemic. It is also evident that the United States cannot rely upon the World Health Organization (WHO) for a thorough investigation due to the CCP’s ability to influence the agency’s review process over the past year.

Huizenga and the Republican lawmakers concluded by saying, “It is clear the WHO failed to produce the final word on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and the CCP’s liability. That task falls to us in Congress. House Republicans have consistently called on you to uncover this truth. It is time you join this battle.”

The full letter to Speaker Pelosi is available here.