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On the recordApril 17, 2023
I believe that a great majority of those analysts do support the Department of Energy and the FBI analysis.
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John Ratcliffe
Republican · Texas

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Ratcliffe discusses the majority view among intelligence analysts regarding the lab leak theory.

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