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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, voted in favor of legislation to require the declassification of information relating to the origins of COVID-19. 

In December, LaHood joined colleagues on the Intelligence Committee, led by Rep. Brad Wenstrup, to release an unclassified report on the origins of COVID-19. LaHood released the following statement on his vote:

"The COVID-19 pandemic impacted every American family, and they deserve answers about how the pandemic started and where the virus came from. Our HPSCI GOP report outlined the scope of culpability of the Chinese government, failures of relevant information sharing by the Intelligence Community, and evidence that adds to the credibility of a lab leak incident. Uncovering the facts of the COVID-19 origins and declassifying that information is an important step towards ensuring our country is never vulnerable to threats like this again, and I am pleased the House passed this bill unanimously."

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