rules. they call massive government overreach. front and center the strict new auto emissions rule introduced last week aiming to get rid of gas-powered vehicles by mandating electric vehicles account for 2/3 of all new sales in 2032. senate democrat joe manchin is joining the republicans on stopping the epa on this. he said the, perks a is lying to americans with false claims and how their manipulation of the market will help american energy security. in reality, this is a trojan horse that will only result in a more energy secure and powerful china. another topic that could be on today s committee agenda, the administration s campaign against how we cook. gas stoves. you know it faced fierce backlash when it first popped a few months ago. republican congresswoman claudia tenney. our energy policy is going to be a disaster. there is nothing wrong with fossil fuels. in fact, they can be lifesavers. we depend on them to produce the food we need to have still fuel driven cars
of the evidence. others talk about degree of confidence. i asked ratcliffe how much confidence do you have it came from a lab as opposed to a wet market? he said i have a high degree of confidence. the only step up from a high degree of confidence is certainty. then the important part, why? why has the biden administration showed a willingness to hide the truth? and as ratcliffe said there is enormous implications. what are they? first of all, why and how were they developing this in this lab? this lab had military contract, chinese military relationships in that lab. why and how were they doing that? what s our own culpability. how do we help create this as the united states of america. did our tax dollars go to funding this gain-of-function research? what do we do about it? if it did come from a lab, what