[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 23, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3017]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                WE DESERVE ANSWERS ON COVID-19'S ORIGINS

  (Mr. PFLUGER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PFLUGER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to demand answers and call 
for all intelligence into the origins of the COVID-19 virus to be 
declassified.
  The United States should not rely on the World Health Organization, 
the same organization that covered for the Chinese Communist Party in 
the early days of the pandemic, to deliver answers to the American 
public about the origins of a virus that wrecked our economy and 
tragically claimed hundreds of thousands of American lives.
  In April of last year, President Trump and Secretary Pompeo raised 
concerns of a COVID-19 lab leak. These concerns were completely ignored 
and censored by social media companies and traditional news outlets due 
to their vitriol and hatred for the former President. Now Speaker 
Pelosi and House Democrats are stonewalling House Republicans' efforts 
to deliver answers.
  It is our responsibility to keep this country safe. If the CCP is 
indeed found responsible for the leak and cover-up, they must be held 
accountable for the needless loss of life and for our economy.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to immediately join Republicans 
in our call for answers. The American people, and all those around the 
world who have lost loved ones, deserve answers.

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