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Scalise, Stefanik Join GOP Doctors Caucus to Address Coronavirus Origins
Rebecca Downs | Posted: Jun 24, 2021 4:30 PM
On Thursday, House GOP Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) joined the GOP Doctors Caucus for a press conference. The lawmakers discussed the urgency of getting to the bottom of the origins of the Wuhan coronavirus.
Scalise and Stefanik demanded that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) hold hearings to investigate these origins. The select committee on the Wuhan coronavirus is holding a hearing next Tuesday, though Scalise stressed the need for committees of jurisdiction to hold hearings as well. Stefanik lamented, however, that Pelosi has "stonewalled" such efforts.
Rep. John Joyce (R-PA), who was the only physician on the China task force, noted that such a task force had been calling for these investigations over a year ago.
The congressman noted that "the mainstream media, Democrats, and others dismissed" GOP concerns, adding that "every day, more evidence suggests that this virus was engineered at the Wuhan Institute of Virology."
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