[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HOUSE REPUBLICANS DEMAND TRANSPARENCY

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, for over 2 years, many institutions, 
Federal agencies, and the mainstream media demonized anyone who 
suggested that COVID-19 leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
  Senator Tom Cotton was ridiculed for simply suggesting that the lab 
leak was a possibility.
  Leading scientists, doctors, and pundits were censored for 
questioning the natural origins theory promoted by Dr. Anthony Fauci, 
the NIH, and CDC.
  Now, FBI Director Chris Wray and the Department of Energy are 
reporting that the pandemic most likely originated from a lab leak in 
Wuhan.
  Big Tech and the media worked to actively suppress this theory and 
ridiculed anyone who promoted it.
  At a time when accurate information was vital to saving lives, the 
people and institutions who we trusted to tell the truth lied to the 
American people and worked to hide important information.
  House Republicans have been demanding transparency on the origins of 
COVID since the pandemic began.
  We must get to the truth of how this pandemic started so that we can 
protect ourselves from future possible outbreaks.
  Americans deserve to know the truth about their government, what it 
knew, and when it knew it. We must restore faith and trust in 
government and institutions, and that starts with transparency and 
accountability.

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