The subcommittee is controlled by democrats and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise said republicans decided to host the discussion because they claimed democrats are not adequately looking into whether the chinese communist party is to blame for the virus. Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for coming. I want to thank our witnesses as well. This is something weve been wanting to do for a long time, which is have a hearing on the origins of covid19. There will be Opening Statements, and then we have to witness panels that will be presenting evidence, and we will have q as sessions. We will do at least one or two rounds if necessary. I will give my Opening Statement. 4 million people around the globe have died from covid19. 600,000 of those deaths are here in america. With every one of those deaths, there are still families and loved ones who are also mourning. The entire world has been turned upside down. Our children have lost a year of their livelihoods. Millions of those children lo
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