Wenstrup Opens Hearing with EcoHealth Alliance President Dr. Peter Daszak, Recommends Formal Debarment and Criminal Investigation
WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “A Hearing with the President of EcoHealth Alliance, Dr. Peter Daszak” by breaking down the Select Subcommittee’s just released report on EcoHealth Alliance’s history of malfeasance and the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) inadequate oversight of American taxpayer funds.
The report recommends the formal debarment of and a criminal investigation into EcoHealth and Dr. Daszak as well as immediate Congressional action to improve grant procedures at NIH and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Chairman Wenstrup explained that Dr. Daszak has displayed a disregard for the risks associated with gain-of-function research, stonewalled the Congressional oversight process, and willfully violated the federal grant process.
Dr. Daszak’s effort to play semantics with the definition of “gain-of-function” research is nothing more than an attempt to rebuff scrutiny about his dangerous experiments and sidestep accountability to the American taxpayer. Chairman Wenstrup concluded his remarks with a firm assertion that EcoHealth’s actions are a threat to national security and Dr. Daszak should never again receive taxpayer dollars to fund his research.
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Wenstrup Opens Hearing with EcoHealth Alliance President Dr. Peter Daszak, Recommends Formal Debarment and Criminal Investigation
WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today’s hearing titled “A Hearing with the President of EcoHealth Alliance, Dr. Peter Daszak” by breaking down the Select Subcommittee’s just released report on EcoHealth Alliance’s history of malfeasance and the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) inadequate oversight of American taxpayer funds.
The report recommends the formal debarment of and a criminal investigation into EcoHealth and Dr. Daszak as well as immediate Congressional action to improve grant procedures at NIH and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Chairman Wenstrup explained that Dr. Daszak has displayed a disregard for the risks associated with gain-of-function research, stonewalled the Congressional oversight process, and willfully violated the federal grant process.
Dr. Daszak’s effort to play semantics with the definition of “gain-of-function” research is nothing more than an attempt to rebuff scrutiny about his dangerous experiments and sidestep accountability to the American taxpayer. Chairman Wenstrup concluded his remarks with a firm assertion that EcoHealth’s actions are a threat to national security and Dr. Daszak should never again receive taxpayer dollars to fund his research.