[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 29, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3248]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              THE ORIGIN OF COVID-19 MUST BE INVESTIGATED

  (Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on a matter that is 
incredibly important to our national security, our public health 
knowledge, and preparing for the next pandemic.
  It has been well over a year since the start of the COVID-19 
pandemic, and our country has closed down in the face of a public 
health crisis the likes of which we have not seen in decades.
  And to this day, we still do not have a definitive answer regarding 
the origins of COVID-19. Getting to the bottom of how this virus 
originated and how it spread across the globe should be one of our top 
priorities in Congress.
  Today, the Republican members of the Select Subcommittee on the 
Coronavirus Crisis will hold a forum to discuss the origins of this 
virus. This is not a partisan issue, and every Member of this body 
should want to know where this virus came from and every member of the 
select subcommittee should be in attendance.
  As I said earlier, finding the origins is important to our national 
security, public health knowledge, and preparing for the next pandemic.
  Additionally, Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary be 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 18, No Taxpayer Funding 
for Abortion Act, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Chair has previously advised, the 
request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance.

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