>> Todd: NEW BOMBSHELL FINDINGS
FROM THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
OFFICE REVEALING NIH FAILED TO
KEEP TABS ON VIRUS RESEARCH
PROJECTSES, INCLUDING AT THE
WUHAN LAB LAB.
BASED ON FINDINGS WE CONCLUDE
NIH MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO
MONITOR RESEARCH WITH IMPROVED
OVERSIGHT, NIH MAY HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO TAKE TIMELY CORRECTIVE
ACTION TO MITIGATE RISK
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TYPE OF
RESEARCH.
IOWA CONGRESSMAN MARIANNETTE
MEEKS JOINS ME NOW.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WHY?
WHAT ELSE BETTER DOES THE NIH
AND BUREAUCRATS THERE HAVE TO DO
THAN UNCOVER EVERY SINGLE STONE
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PROTECTING
THE HEALTH OF EVERY AMERICAN?
THIS MAKES NO SENSE.
>> PRECISELY AND THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT THE SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS
GOING TO DO, SO I’M PLEASED
WE’RE HAVING THIS SELECT
SUBCOMMITTEE.
OUR FOCUS IS VERY DIFFERENT TO
LOOK AT ORIGINS OF COVID-19.
THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN ENDEAVOR,
BUT VALID REASONS, BIOSAFETY,
SECURITY, WHERE NIH FUNDING
GOES, GRANTS OR SUBGRANTS.
HOW DO WE PREVENT THE NEXT
PANDEMIC AND HAVE TIMELY
DISCLOSURE SO NATIONS CAN
PREPARE.
I’M DELIGHTED WE’LL BE GETTING
THIS UNDERWAY UNDER THE LEAD
ERSHOULD HAVE UPON BRAD
WINSTROP.
>> Todd: THEY WANT TO INSTALL
WATCH DOG WITHIN THE NIH,
SENATOR BLACKBURN SAYS THE NIH
OVERSEES THOUSANDS OF
RESEARCHERS AND INSTITUTES,
HOWEVER, THEY HAVE BEEN FAR FROM
TRANSPARENT AND THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW IF THEIR TAX
CLZ ARE BEING SPENT AND FUNDING
RESEARCH.
>> Todd: HOW DO YOU NOT MAKE
SURE THAT MONEY IS NOT GOING TO
CREATE A DEADLY PATHOGEN?
THAT MAKES NO SENSE, AS WELL.
>> EXACTLY.
WE CAN’T PROVE THE MONEY THAT
WENT TO ECOHEALTH.
THERE WAS $8 MILLION UNTIL 2021,
WE CAN’T PROVE THAT LED TO OR AT
THIS TIME CAN’T PROVE IT LED TO
SARS 2, THERE WAS OVERSIGHT
LACKING AND NOT OVERSIGHT AT
ECOHEALTH AND WHERE THEY GRANTED
MONEY TO AND DIDN’T DO OVERSIGHT
FOR WUHAN LAB LAB VIROLOGY,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU KNOW THERE
ARE LAB SAFETY VIOLATION.
THE WUHAN INSTITUTE THEY WERE
DOING BIOSAFETY LAB AT A
BIOSAFETY LAB 2 AREA.
THERE NEEDS TO BE RESEARCH INTO
THAT, OVERSIGHT AND WE’RE GOING
TO HOLD THE AGENCIES
ACCOUNTABLE.
>> Todd: WHY ARE WE STILL
FUNDING OUR MAIN ADVERSARY IN
THIS WORLD, CHINA?
>> WELL, THAT BRINGS UP A VERY
LARGER QUESTION, WE’VE PASSED A
BILL TO PREVENT RESEARCH FROM --
OIL FROM BEING RELEASED FROM
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE TO
BE SOLD TO CHINA AND I THINK
THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WE CAN LOOK
AT.
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS
A VESTED INTEREST IN FINDING OUT
WHERE ORIGIN OF COVID-19 CAME
FROM FOR THAT REASON.
IS THERE GAIN OF FUNCTION OR
UNETHICAL RESEARCH BEING
CONDUCTED AND WHAT IS THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY’S
RESPONSE?
ARE THEIR LAB BREAKS, IS
APPROPRIATE RESEARCH BEING DONE
AT APPROPRIATE BIOSAFETY LAB, SO
YOU’RE NOT HAVING BIOSAFETY LAB
FOR RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN AN
INAPPROPRIATE FACILITY WHICH
COULD LEAD TO LEAK AND VIRUS AND
ANOTHER PANDEMIC.
THIS IS IMPORTANT THAT THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS
UNDERSTANDING ON AND THERE NEEDS
TO BE IMMEDIATE DISCLOSURE AND
IN THE FALL OF 2019, THEY KNEW
THEY HAD A VIRUS THAT HAD
LEAKED.
THEY DENIED HUMAN TO HUMAN
TRANSMISSION.
>> Todd: WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT WENT WRONG SO WE DON’T MAKE