So imagine if they produced a strain of ebola with its 50% fatality rate than at a higher level of transmissibility. I could not think of a more jarring threat to public health in the United States. Mr. Speaker, The US Congress needs to act with urgency in considering and passing this legislation that we've introduced. After the first lab was discovered, I said, we don't know how many others are out there. And that concern was echoed by a report by the House Committee, House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. (18:37–18:46)
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Asserts that Congress should urgently consider and pass legislation related to illegal bio labs.
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