{"id":1128233,"date":"2021-12-17T11:43:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T16:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128233"},"modified":"2021-12-17T11:43:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T16:43:44","slug":"exclusive-house-republicans-introduce-bill-to-make-covid-19-data-publicly-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-introduce-bill-to-make-covid-19-data-publicly-available\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Introduce Bill To Make COVID-19 Data Publicly Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-house-republicans-introduce-bill-to-make-covid-19-data-publicly-available%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128233&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"46.680343155539\">\n<p>Republicans in the House of Representatives introduced a bill on Thursday that would require all federal agencies to make records related to the COVID-19 pandemic available for public review within 100 days.<\/p>\n<p>The Answer COVID FOIAs Now Act, sponsored by Texas Rep. Chip Roy, would order the head of each federal agency to clear all Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests related to COVID-19 treatments, as well as anything related to gain-of-function research. It was inspired by a Food and Drug Administration request to keep all documents related to the approval of the Pfizer vaccine under wraps until 2097, he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people have been misled, and information related to COVID vaccines has been hidden from the public eye or delayed in perpetuity by our public health \u2018experts,\u2019 throughout this pandemic,\u201d Roy said. \u201cThe FDA\u2019s request to have until 2097 to fully release documents related to the approval of the Pfizer vaccine is absurd. The American people deserve transparent and honest information; that is why I am proud to introduce this bill to bring necessary accountability and transparency for COVID-related FOIA requests. This is a first step among many needed reforms that will address the rank incompetence and dishonesty federal agencies have displayed throughout this pandemic.\u201d<em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the bill here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View Answer COVID FOIAs Now Act - Text on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/547805692\/Answer-COVID-FOIAs-Now-Act-Text#from_embed\">Answer COVID FOIAs Now Act \u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View Michael Ginsberg&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/548087574\/Michael-Ginsberg#from_embed\">Michael Ginsberg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Government officials have liberally employed <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/20\/hhs-daily-caller-fauci-email\/\">redactions<\/a> when forced to turn over <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/01\/peter-daszak-anthony-fauci-national-institutes-of-health\/\">documents<\/a> related to the COVID-19 pandemic. They have argued that fully releasing the documents could impact law enforcement activities, or hinder national security. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/30\/redacted-email-peter-dasszak-anthony-fauci\/\">(RELATED: Previously Redacted Email Between Peter Daszak, Anthony Fauci Suddenly Sees Light Of Day)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must ensure the public can trust the very government institutions they pay for to serve them with integrity,\u201d South Carolina Rep. and co-sponsor Ralph Norman added. \u201cFearmongering, virtue signaling, and, at best, inconsistent messaging have eroded the faith in the independence of these agencies and public health officials at large. It is imperative that federal agencies follow through on any FOIA requests in a timely manner on any COVID-related issue. I am proud to work with Rep. Roy on this legislation to restore the public\u2019s faith in our government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>National Institutes of Health Principal Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/21\/nih-admits-funding-gain-of-function-research\/\">admitted<\/a> in October that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) funded gain-0f-function research through a sub-grant to the non-profit EcoHealth Alliance. NIAID head Dr. Anthony Fauci had <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/11\/fauci-denies-funding-gain-of-function-wuhan-lab\/\">denied<\/a> that his agency funded the practice during congressional testimony.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans in the House of Representatives introduced a bill on Thursday that would require all federal agencies to make records related to the COVID-19 pandemic available for public &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1128233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1128233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1128233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1128233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1128233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}