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“HOUSE REPUBLICANS DEMAND TRANSPARENCY” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the in the House section section on page H1123 on March 7.
The Department oversees energy policies and is involved in how the US handles nuclear programs. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department's misguided energy regulations have caused large losses to consumers for decades.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
HOUSE REPUBLICANS DEMAND TRANSPARENCY
(Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, for over 2 years, many institutions, Federal agencies, and the mainstream media demonized anyone who suggested that COVID-19 leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Senator Tom Cotton was ridiculed for simply suggesting that the lab leak was a possibility.
Leading scientists, doctors, and pundits were censored for questioning the natural origins theory promoted by Dr. Anthony Fauci, the NIH, and CDC.
Now, FBI Director Chris Wray and the Department of Energy are reporting that the pandemic most likely originated from a lab leak in Wuhan.
Big Tech and the media worked to actively suppress this theory and ridiculed anyone who promoted it.
At a time when accurate information was vital to saving lives, the people and institutions who we trusted to tell the truth lied to the American people and worked to hide important information.
House Republicans have been demanding transparency on the origins of COVID since the pandemic began.
We must get to the truth of how this pandemic started so that we can protect ourselves from future possible outbreaks.
Americans deserve to know the truth about their government, what it knew, and when it knew it. We must restore faith and trust in government and institutions, and that starts with transparency and accountability.
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