{"id":1941310,"date":"2023-05-31T15:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billions-in-untracked-federal-grants-going-to-china-russia-for-cat-experiments-wuhan-lab-research-ernst\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T15:24:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:24:03","slug":"billions-in-untracked-federal-grants-going-to-china-russia-for-cat-experiments-wuhan-lab-research-ernst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billions-in-untracked-federal-grants-going-to-china-russia-for-cat-experiments-wuhan-lab-research-ernst\/","title":{"rendered":"Billions of untracked federal grants are funding cat experiments and Wuhan lab research in China and Russia, according to Ernst."},"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\">40<\/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%2Fbillions-in-untracked-federal-grants-going-to-china-russia-for-cat-experiments-wuhan-lab-research-ernst%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=1941310&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--><h2>American Tax Dollars Funded Cat Treadmill Tests in Russia<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0531\/2b90c27f-c8c1-4176-917d-bdfafd1b1b0a\/audio.mp3?length=4985613&#038;duration=415\"><\/div>\n<p>Hundreds of millions of American tax dollars went to recipients in China and Russia in recent years without being properly tracked by the federal government, including a grant that enabled a state-run Russian lab to test cats on treadmills, according to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa).<\/p>\n<p>Ernst and her staff investigators, working with auditors at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/\">Government Accountability Office<\/a> (GAO) and the <a href=\"http:\/\/crs.gov\/\">Congressional Research Service<\/a> (CRS), plus two non-profit Washington watchdogs\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openthebooks.com\/maps\/?Map=90054&#038;MapType=Pin\">Open The Books<\/a>\u00a0(OTB) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/act.whitecoatwaste.org\/page\/49012\/donate\/1\/?utm_source=Google&#038;utm_medium=CPC&#038;utm_campaign=Donation&#038;utm_content=Brand&#038;gclid=Cj0KCQjw4NujBhC5ARIsAF4Iv6fu1jthRd2X-bMTNQxqyNblp9QDlzbB64yb7r31BgeFMc3I_V9efpMaAln2EALw_wcB\">White Coat Waste Project<\/a> (WCWP)\u2014discovered dozens of other grants not counted on the federal government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/\">USASpending.gov<\/a>\u00a0internet database.<\/p>\n<p>The total value of the uncounted grants the Ernst team found is $1.3 billion, but that amount is just the tip of the iceberg, GAO reports.<\/p>\n<p>Among the newly discovered grants is $4.2 million to China\u2019s infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) \u201cto conduct dangerous experiments on bat coronaviruses and transgenic mice,\u201d according to a May 31 Ernst statement provided to The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>The $4.2 million exposed by Ernst is in addition to previously reported funding to WIH for extensive gain-of-function research by Chinese scientists, much of it funded in whole or part prior to the Coronavirus Pandemic by National Institutes for Health (NIH) grants channeled through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecohealthalliance.org\/\">EcoHealth Alliance<\/a> medical research non-profit.\u00a0The NIH has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/nih-renews-controversial-grant-to-ecohealth-for-coronavirus-bat-study_5250107.html\">awarded<\/a> seven grants totaling more than $4.1 million to EcoHealth to study various aspects of SARS, MERS, and other coronavirus diseases.<\/p>\n<h3>Buying Chinese Puppy Parts<\/h3>\n<p>As part of another U.S.-funded grant, hearts and other organs from 425 dogs in China were purchased for medical research. \u201cThese countryside dogs in China are part of the farmer\u2019s household; they were mainly used for guarding. Their diet includes boiled rice, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billions-in-untracked-federal-grants-going-to-china-russia-for-cat-experiments-wuhan-lab-research-ernst\/\" title=\"Billions of untracked federal grants are funding cat experiments and Wuhan lab research in China and Russia, according to Ernst.\">discarded raw food animal tissues<\/a> and whatever dogs can forage. These dogs were sold for food,\u201d stated an NIH <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4272784\/\">study<\/a> uncovered by the Ernst researchers.<\/p>\n<p>Other previously unreported grants exposed by the Ernst team include $1.6 million to Chinese companies from the federal government\u2019s National School Lunch Program, and $4.7 million for health insurance from a Russian company that was sanctioned by the United States in 2022 as a result of the invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s gravely concerning that Washington\u2019s reckless spending has reached the point where nobody really knows where all tax dollars are going. But I have the receipts and I\u2019m shining a light on this, so bureaucrats can no longer cover up their tracks and taxpayers can know exactly what their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-unions-have-been-stealing-money-for-years-now-scotus-has-the-chance-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Government Unions Have Been Stealing Money For Years \u2014 Now, SCOTUS Has The Chance To Intervene\">hard-earned dollars<\/a> are funding,\u201d Ernst separately told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is federal officials don\u2019t rigorously track sub-awards made by initial grant recipients, according to the Iowa Republican. Such sub-awards are covered by a multitude of federal regulations that stipulate many conditions to ensure the tax dollars are appropriately spent.<\/p>\n<p>The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in an April 2023 report that \u201climitations in sub-award data is a government-wide issue and not unique to U.S. funding to entities in China. GAO is currently examining the state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-paul-says-agencies-refusing-to-provide-information-on-us-funding-of-risky-research-in-china\/\" title=\"Sen. Paul Says Agencies Refusing to Provide Information on US Funding of Risky Research in China\">federal government-wide<\/a> sub-award data as part of a separate review.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Eco-Health sub-awards to WIH illustrate the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite being required by law to make these receipts available to the public on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&#038;cid=JErnst&#038;crop=15495QQQ38602942QQQ7425570QQQ8567023&#038;report_id=&#038;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.usaspending.gov%2f&#038;redir_log=943173655496197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USAspending.gov<\/a>\u00a0website,\u00a0EcoHealth tried to cover its tracks by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&#038;cid=JErnst&#038;crop=15495QQQ38602942QQQ7425570QQQ8567023&#038;report_id=&#038;redirect=https%3a%2f%2foig.hhs.gov%2foas%2freports%2fregion5%2f52100025.pdf&#038;redir_log=485512316498336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>intentionally<\/em>\u00a0not disclosing the amounts of taxpayer money being paid to WIV<\/a>, which went unnoticed\u00a0for years,\u201d Ernst said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was able to determine that\u00a0more than $490 million\u00a0of taxpayer money was paid to organizations in China [in] the last five years. That\u2019s\u00a0ten times\u00a0more than GAO\u2019s estimate!\u00a0Over $870 million\u00a0was paid to entities in Russia during the same period!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether that adds up to\u00a0more than $1.3 billion\u00a0paid to our adversaries.\u00a0But again, these numbers still do not represent the total dollar amounts paid to institutions in China or Russia since those numbers are not tracked and the information that is being collected is incomplete,\u201d Ernst continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4074429\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/10\/28\/peter-daszak-1200x798.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/10\/28\/peter-daszak-1200x798.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Daszak, right, the president of the EcoHealth Alliance, is seen in Wuhan, China, on Feb. 3, 2021. (Hector Retamal\/AFP via Getty Images)\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>Adam Andrzejewski, the founder and chairman of OTB, told The Epoch Times that \u201c<span class=\"m_-1886826681450876650xelementtoproof\">when following the money at the state and local level, the real corruption exists in the subc<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US federal government, discovered that American tax dollars were given to China and Russia without proper tracking. This included funding for a Russian lab to test cats on treadmills. Sen. 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