Kevin Kiley: “I have joined with several of my colleagues, including the cosponsor of legislation I have introduced, Representative…”

“I have joined with several of my colleagues, including the cosponsor of legislation I have introduced, Representative Costa, in calling for immediate consideration of our bill to find, detect, and shut down illegal biolabs operating throughout the United States. A couple of weeks ago, a second illegal biolab run by Chinese nationals was discovered in Las Vegas. This follows the lab that was found in Reedley, California, a couple of years ago. It was run by the same international fugitive with ties to the Chinese Communist Party. While the samples are being tested now, it looks very similar to what was found in Reedley, where some of the world's most dangerous pathogens were being held, pathogens like E. coli, like malaria, like HIV, like COVID, like AIDS in this facility that no one knew was even there. They also had genetically modified transgenic mice in this facility in Reedley. By the way, they had a freezer that was labeled 'Ebola' at that Reedley facility. It should be noted that Ebola has a 50 percent fatality rate--a 50 percent fatality rate. While it is not especially transmissible, we know based upon our experience with COVID that in the Wuhan lab, they conduct gain-of-function research. Imagine if they produced a strain of Ebola with its 50 percent fatality rate but at a higher level of transmissibility. I could not think of a more jarring threat to public health in the United States.”