The Chinese virology lab that some analysts blame for igniting the coronavirus pandemic has been stripped of its U.S. funding, but Sen. Joni Ernst said it has not been blacklisted to make sure it can’t get federal money in the future.
In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, she pointed out that his department’s inspector general has suggested debarment, and she wondered why officials are dragging their feet.
She also said the government should try to get back some of the misspent money that flowed to the lab via the EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit that Ms. Ernst labeled a “shady organization.” HHS’ inspector general reported late last month that EcoHealth violated the rules governing the money and should have formally reported to higher-ups when it realized the Wuhan lab’s experiments were crossing risky lines.
She asked Mr. Becerra to do it, but she’s also written legislation that would enshrine a ban into law.Ms. Ernst had prodded the inspector general to conduct the audit of EcoHealth and the money paid to the Wuhan lab.
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