Congressionally authorized Covid investigative report to be released next week

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The House’s Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic’s final report will be released Dec. 4.

The reported was directed by the 118th Congress to conduct a “full and complete investigation” into the policies, decisions, and events surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic.

Select Subcommittee staff and members have sent more than 100 investigative letters, conducted more than 30 transcribed interviews or depositions, held 25 hearings and meetings, and reviewed more than one million pages of documents.

Next week’s final report markup will conclude the Select Subcommittee’s two-year after-action review of the Covid-19 pandemic, which began in the United States in the winter of 2020.

The final report will include investigative materials, findings, and recommendations related to:

  • Covid-19 origins — including gain-of-function research
  • Taxpayer funded Covid-19 relief programs
  • Laws enacted in reaction to Covid-19
  • Covid–19 vaccine development and implementation
  • Economic impact ofCovid–19 on individuals, communities, businesses, states, and governments
  • Societal impacts of Covid–19 — including school closures
  • Executive branch Covid–19 related decisions
  • Executive branch cooperation with Congress to prevent a future pandemic

Ahead of the report’s markup, the Select Subcommittee will release its final report to the public.

The markup meeting will be open to the public and press and will be livestreamed on Dec. 4 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern at https://oversight.house.gov/.