At a hearing, Republicans accused Biden admin. officials of using faulty science and poor judgement to mandate vaccinations for federal workers and recommend mask usage.
in Covid relief funds were lost to fraud during both the Trump and Biden administrations.
The committee members questioned Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky, Food and Drug Administration commissioner Robert Califf and Lawrence A. Tabak, the senior official performing the duties of the director of the National Institutes of Health. Since the start of Biden’s presidency, Republicans have been at odds with the administration over its response, accusing officials of overstepping the federal government’s boundaries around vaccine requirements, questioning the science around mask recommendations and challenging the need for federal funding for future vaccines and tests.
Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., accused the NIH of stonewalling Congress in its efforts to uncover the origins of the virus during the hearing Wednesday. Biden asked intelligence officials in 2021 to redouble efforts to uncover the origins of the virus. In a report issued later that year, at least one U.S. intelligence agency concluded the
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