Select subcommand the coronavirus pandemic will come to order. I want to welcome everyone. At the discretion of the chair pursuant to an agreement with the committee on energy and commerce, the chairman and Ranking Member of the committee on energy and commerce, subcommittee on oversight and investigation, mr. Morgan griffith and ms. Kathy castor or participate in todays hearings for the purposes of questions. And give threeminute Opening Statements if they so desire. That objection the chair might declare a racist at any time by wrecking us myself for the purpose of making an Opening Statement. Good afternoon everyone. Doctor lawrence, you wrote in an email you have never said anything that you would not be happy to defend before a congressional committee. Today sir, is that day. The committee has been thoroughly investigating u. S. Government response for the coronavirus pandemic. Years long investigation has been conducted to both understand the actions of our Public Health Agency I
Why spark light is working roundtheclock to keep you connected. We are doing our part so its a little easier to do yours. Spark light support cspan as aublic service along these other television providers. Giving you a front receipt to democracy. Doctor David Lawrence top advisor to doctor Anthony Fauci. He appeared for the house subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic to address accusations of deleting emails related to the origins of covid19 but lawmakers also questioned him on his use of government and private email accounts. And his contact with president Eagle Health Alliance which has been linked to the Chinese Research facility has been at the center of speculation regarding the origins of the pandemic. Select subcommand the coronavirus pandemic will come to order. I want to welcome everyone. At the discretion of the chair pursuant to an agreement with the committee on energy and commerce, the chairman and Ranking Member of the committee on energy and commerce, subcommittee on
word with lawrence o donnell. speaking of great, i am in no less off of your greatness but it s less of a mystery now that i got to spend time hanging with your mother and father a little over a week ago. you know, listen, anyone with that mother and that dad i just you have such a great launch in life. i did. i had a book event in provincetown. lawrence came with his brothers. it was fantastic and really nice and i did not get to see you at the event at all, but you sat with my family and they are all in love with you. my mom said, how old is lawrence? it is an official secret. my dad instantly knew what she was on about. and it was great. it was very kind of you to come. i was invited backstage to interrupt you and tony as you are preparing to go on stage, but my rule is never interrupt the stars before going on stage. had i known you were lurking, i would ve clung to you. a packed house in provincetown. by the way, andrew weissmann s sister was there and i
Events since the last diplomatic encounter which is the russia slr ukraine meeting in geneva and crucial 19 days from now until the may 25th president ial elections in ukraine. For a quick reminder about the commitments made in geneva. At its core, it was kind of a grand bargain that offered amnesty and deep and broad decentralization of power to ukraines regions through National Dialogue and constitutional reform if and as prorussian separatists ended their violence and left sized buildings and gave up weapons, all of it to be guaranteed and overseen. As you know, the Ukrainian Government began implementing its part of geneva before the ink was barely dry on the text. It introduced a broad amnesty bill and authorities in kiev dismantling barricades and opening streets on april 14th and on the 29th the Constitutional Reform Commission held public conferences to which all of the regions were invited by decentralization and reform. Ukrainian Security Forces even instituted an easter paus
physician, summarized what the investigation has discovered. over the past 15 months the select subcommittee has port over more than 425,000 pages provided to us by government agencies and private citizens. we ve conducted more than 100 hours of closed-door interviews with current and former scientists and federal officials. we found the following. dr. anthony fauci did not fund research through the alliance grant that caused the covid-19 pandemic. he did not lie about research in wuhan, china. and he did not orchestrate a campaign. the select subcommittee does not possess a shred of evidence to substantiate these extreme allegations that republicans have levied against him for