Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, on Thursday called on the Biden administration to confirm that no more taxpayer money will go to the group EcoHealth Alliance due to its connection to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
The Department of Health and Human Services previously announced that it would prevent EcoHealth Alliance from accessing federal funds after an investigation by the HHS Office of the Inspector General determined that the group “lacks the present responsibility to participate in United States Federal Government procurement and nonprocurement programs.”
On Thursday, Ernst sent letters to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Defense (DoD), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), demanding that they confirm the “suspension of all funding to” EcoHealth Alliance, as well as provide a list of “funding vehicles” that provide the group with taxpayer money.
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