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Scalise Promises Oversight and Accountability into Biden's Disastrous Handling of COVID-19

Washington, DC, December 24, 2021
 House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel’s Hannity last night to discuss President Biden’s awful track record during the COVID-19 pandemic and slammed the Biden Administration for listening to teacher union bosses instead of medical experts on whether or not students should return to school. Whip Scalise called on President Biden to find a solution to get students safely back in the classroom and pointed out that keeping children out of school is leading to increased cases of depression, suicide, and drug overdoses.   In addition, Whip Scalise blasted House Democrats’ failure to work in a bipartisan way to investigate the pandemic's origins from a Chinese lab and their refusal to hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for the deaths of millions of people across the globe. Whip Scalise emphasized that when Republicans take back control of the House of Representatives, they will investigate the origins of COVID-19 and hold the Biden Administration accountable.  
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On President Biden’s disastrous handling of COVID-19:    “And, by the way, when President Biden says, ‘Follow the science,’ there’s tremendous scientific research that shows the damage being done to our young kids.   “First of all, that year that so many kids, millions of kids, were kept out of school, that did devastating damage. Many of those kids will never be able to make that time up. But then we saw depression, we saw suicides skyrocket among young children because they were not able to be around their friends. They were isolated when they should have been in school. The science said the kids were better off in school. Instead of being at home, playing with their friends, and getting COVID anyway, they should have been learning in the classroom, and they’re not learning at the same level when they’re at home.    “So there’s a lot of science that shows that, but this is one more example of President Biden using science where it benefits him, and then ignoring science where he could be helping people, but it doesn’t fit his narrative. He’s had a ‘Vaccine Only’ strategy, and that’s been at the detriment of millions of people who could be benefiting from so many other things. There [are] a lot of reports out that show that he massively dropped the ball with testing. Back in October, over there was a plan presented to the White House that they turned down because they only wanted to talk about vaccines.   “And then you look at things like natural immunity, herd immunity. They won’t even answer that question of what is herd immunity, even though scientifically, we know that it’s out there. This idea that some states are just shutting everything down again, and some states are remaining open. And frankly, you look at states like Florida [and] Texas, that are open [and] following the science, protecting people they have. And in some of those states, they have lower outbreak rates, and they’re keeping their citizens safe while not crushing families [and] small businesses. And ultimately, the depression and the drug overdoses that we’re seeing because of the shutdowns.”   On what to expect under a Republican-led majority in the House of Representatives:   “Well, Tammy, when we win the majority back, and we’re working very hard, we’ve got great candidates that are out there running to help us get the majority back. And you saw in Virginia and other states that wave of parents, people that are just fed up with this shutdown mentality. But, ultimately, we need real oversight.    “I’ll give you an example, Tammy. There has not been a single investigation into the origin of COVID in Congress. Many of us have been calling for Congress to have that kind of investigation. When many medical experts on both sides of the aisle have said, it probably started in the lab in Wuhan. And by the way, it was not transferred from a bat to an animal to a human. It was probably a genetically modified virus. Why shouldn’t we be investigating that?   ...   “There will finally be real oversight and accountability. Let’s start getting that out there. Yes, we need it.”