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Rep. Roy: ‘We need to find the truth with what happened in Wuhan’ but House Democrats’ are covering for the CCP

June 1, 2021

WASHINGTON — Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) joined guest host Tammy Bruce on Fox News' The Ingraham Angle Friday to discuss his efforts to expose the truth of what really happened at the Wuhan Institute of Virology as Democrats continue to try to cover for the Chinese Communist Party's lies about the origins of the pandemic.

Key quotes from Congressman Roy and a rough transcript of the appearance is below, and footage can be found here:

  • We know that in 2018 we had those two important reports from the State Departments saying, ‘hey you got a lab here that's out of control. They're researching on bats and Corona viruses. … But, do you know how many hearings Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats that run the House of Represents have had? In the words of Dean Wormer from Animal House, ‘zero point zero.'

  • We need to find the truth with what happened in Wuhan. We have 600,000 dead Americans, we have 100,000 small businesses closed, children that are relegated to wearing masks in schools, not being able to be in school. We need answers about what the Chinese were doing, and we need answers on what our NIH was doing.

  • I'm franklynot all that interested any more in what Dr. Fauci has to say. I mean that guy has been more self-absorbed and more concerned about his own, you know, reputation, rather than worrying about what we need to do for this country.

Fox News Host Tammy Bruce: Now, you say, we know that Nancy Pelosi doesn't listen to anybody, but you say that the Democrat committee chairs are in fact refusing to put any resources into funding the origins of COVID, finding out just to confirm because without knowing where it came from, we are certainly at risk for it to happen again, aren't we sir?

Congressman Chip Roy: Well Tammy, thanks for having me on. Yeah, I mean your previous guest just outlined all the concerns. You know, a year ago, I joined my colleagues in sending a letter asking we look into what was going on over in Wuhan and making sure that we could go pursue the truth. We know that in 2018 we had those two important reports from the State Departments saying, ‘hey you got a lab here that's out of control. They're researching on bats and Corona viruses. Then you have what happened in November of 2019 with the scientists in Wuhan. Then you saw what happened with Dr. Li Wenliang the Chinese clamping down and shutting them down. So, we wanted to know the truth. But, do you know how many hearings Nancy Pelosi and the democrats that run the House of Represents have had? In the words of Dean Wormer from Animal House, ‘zero point zero.' That's how many hearings, and that's unacceptable. We need to do our jobs in the House of Representatives Oversight. We need to find the truth with what happened in Wuhan. We have 600,000 dead Americans, we have 100,000 small businesses closed, children that are relegated to wearing masks in schools, not being able to be in school. We need answers about what the Chinese were doing, and we need answers on what our NIH was doing.

Fox News Host Tammy Bruce: Now look sometimes people don't want answers because it can be difficult to get those answers and it can be frightening sometimes. But, we clearly cannot allow this to happen again. The answer isn't to make sure that everyone has Lysol in their kitchen. Now sir, Fauci made it clear this week that if we never find the supposed animal that gave COVID to all the humans, that will still not give any credence to the lab leek theory. Let's listen to this for a moment.


Recording of Dr. Fauci answering questions at Senate hearing:

"Have we found any animals that carry COVID-19 that could have been the source of the transmission to humans, thus far?"

"Thus far not"

"At what point in time would it become more likely that it came from the lab if we don't find an intermediate animal host. How much longer."

"You know, I don't think we can give a time element on that Senator."

Fox News Host Tammy Bruce: Yeah, you know it's that kind of thing sir when you when we have this one argument about, even forget about origins, but the nature of the nature of the transmission seems to be that we are all being gaslit. What's your take on that?

Congressman Chip Roy: Well, no, I agree, and I appreciated that questioning over in the Senate. I wish we could have that questioning in the House of Representatives. Unfortunately, we are not getting to do that. That's why we put this letter out. And I want to, you know, say thank you to Steve Scalise, my friend, who led that effort. Over 200 of us are on the letter demanding that we get answers. But look here's the thing, I'm frankly not all that interested any more in what Dr. Fauci has to say. I mean that guy has been more self-absorbed and more concerned about his own, you know, reputation, rather than worrying about what we need to do for this country. And follow the signs, follow the truth, do the right things for the people. Not scaring the hell out of the American people and shutting down businesses, and not going after what was going on in China. And that's what our job ought to be in the House of Representatives.

The link to the most-recent letter referenced in the segment is available here.