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On the recordJune 17, 2021
There is an old adage: ``Why put off tomorrow what you can do today?'' There is unanimous support for S. 1867 to not wait until August. And, in fact, it was May when Senators--all Republicans and all Democrat Senators--recognized that this is something we should do and we should do now, and this would get more information out to the public, as well as to our Members. I would also ask if the majority would look at H. Res. 90, which is a resolution that supports the international investigation into the origin of COVID-19. There are many countries. We have heard a lot of European countries have expressed interest in having an international commission to look into this. I don't know why the United States would be reluctant to be a part of that investigation. But, again, in light of all of the new information that has come out, some emails recently since our committee has met, show more and more that there is a high likelihood that COVID-19 started in the Wuhan lab. Whether it was intentional or not, there is strong evidence pointing to the fact that it likely started there. We have not had a single hearing, not any of the standing committees, and here we have a committee that, by its name, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus was established for the purpose of investigating COVID-19, all elements of it, not just what is happening here in America. We just recognized over 600,000 deaths from COVID-19 on the steps of the Capitol just a few days ago.…
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Steve Scalise
Republican · Louisiana

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