House Republicans are launching a panel to investigate the origins of COVID-19 and other issues involving the pandemic, including the economic consequences of lockdown policies, and how vaccines were manufactured and mandated for federal employees and the military.
A rule package approved by the House says the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic will have up to 12 members and operate as an extension of the House Oversight Committee led by Rep. James Comer, Kentucky Republican.
The panel will explore whether federal funding of “gain-of-function” research contributed to the start of the pandemic at a virology lab in Wuhan, China.