{"id":1902328,"date":"2023-03-21T16:27:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T20:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-bill-would-ban-taxpayer-funding-for-gain-of-function-research-amid-covid-19-origins-hunt\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T16:30:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T20:30:12","slug":"texas-bill-would-ban-taxpayer-funding-for-gain-of-function-research-amid-covid-19-origins-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-bill-would-ban-taxpayer-funding-for-gain-of-function-research-amid-covid-19-origins-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas bill would ban taxpayer funding for gain-of-function research amid COVID-19 origins hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Ftexas-bill-would-ban-taxpayer-funding-for-gain-of-function-research-amid-covid-19-origins-hunt%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=1902328&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-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_69660848\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n            <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Fauci addresses COVID-19 lab leak theory in final days on the job\"><br \/>\n            <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In his final days as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the chief medical adviser to the president, Dr. Anthony Fauci addressed the COVID-19 lab leak theory, saying it was all but certain that it wasn't the case. Appearing on CBS News's Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan, Fauci addressed a variety of topics regarding national health and COVID-19. Fauci went into depth on the Wuhan lab leak theory, which speculates that COVID-19 was created by the Chinese and was accidentally or purposefully leaked to the public. In his lengthy comments, Fauci wholly rejected the theory, saying there was no possibility whatsoever while adding that the United States should not act accusatory toward the Chinese Communist Party.\"><br \/>\n            <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M49S\"><br \/>\n            <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-11-28 18:37:01\"><br \/>\n            <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/snapshot\/1195765_th_1669660774.jpg\"><br \/>\n            <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1195765.mp4\">\n         <\/div>\n<p>         <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n            var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_69660848\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1195765\"} });\n         <\/script><br \/>\n         <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n      A proposal has been introduced in Texas that would prevent public funding from being used to support gain-of-function research, which some experts have attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.\n   <\/p>\n<p>\n      On Monday, Texas Senator Bob Hall (R) introduced a bill that would prohibit institutions from conducting gain-of-function research on potentially pandemic pathogens using public funds. Some national and state-level Republicans have expressed concern that gain-of-function research funded by the National Institutes of Health may have contributed to the origin of COVID-19, which some experts believe might have occurred through a lab leak in Wuhan.\n   <\/p>\n<p>\n      Dr. Robert Redfield, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under former President Donald Trump, testified that U.S. taxpayer dollars funded gain-of-function experiments that caused SARS-CoV-2&#8217;s origin.\n   <\/p>\n<p>\n      The proposal was praised by Richard Ebright, the lab director for the Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University, who supports the lab leak theory, suggesting that lawmakers in every state should consider similar bills.\n   <\/p>\n<p>\n      The move follows an investigation launched by the Education Department under President Trump, which examined financial ties between the University of Texas and the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where it is believed that the virus may have originated via a lab leak.\n   <\/p>\n<p>\n      In January 2023, Viral Gain-of-Function Research Moratorium Act was re-introduced in the U.S. Senate to place a moratorium on federally-funded gain-of-function projects. Additionally, House Republicans also proposed their own bill known as the Foreign Gain-of-Function Research Prevention Act in June 2021.\n   <\/p>\n<p>\n      The FBI and the Energy Department now believe that the coronavirus likely originated at a Wuhan lab with low confidence, which has further fuelled discussions on the topic.\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new bill has been introduced in Texas that would ban taxpayer cash from going to gain-of-function research as the controversial method continues to be blamed by some experts for the COVID-19 pandemic. Texas State Sen. 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