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On the recordJuly 26, 2021
Should the United States engage in highly risky public health research--such as gain-of-function research--in cooperation with countries that do not have adequate biosecurity standards?
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch questions the safety of U.S. collaboration in risky public health research abroad.

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