NIH refuses Senate request for information on gain of function research

TU.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined by Sens. Paul (R-Ky.), Lankford (R-Okla.), Scott (R-Fla.), Cotton (R-Ark.), Marshall (R-Kan.), and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) sent a follow up letter to Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) requesting further information on gain of function research and NIH’s 2014 moratorium on funding for that research. This letter follows NIH’s incomplete response to their May 20 letter, the lawmakers point out the agency’s refusal to provide a detailed response is unacceptable and that the American people deserve the complete truth about NIH’s role in funding potentially risky gain of function research.

New scheme lets Biden SEC seize control of cryptocurrency

The top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), released the following statement in response to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler asking for jurisdiction of all exchanges of digital assets—not all of which are securities—in a letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren: “Chairman Gensler’s latest move to ask Congress for jurisdiction over … Continue reading New scheme lets Biden SEC seize control of cryptocurrency