The leading Democrat on the House intelligence committee said Tuesday he will support a bill to declassify information on the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rep. Jim Himes said Tuesday he will support a GOP bill to declassify information on COVID origins, a sign many other Democrats will also support it.
"The COVID 19 Origins Act is not the bill I would have necessarily drafted on the topic, but I support it because I share the belief that the intelligence community should continue to get to the bottom of COVID’s origin," Himes added."And importantly, I believe that they should make as much public as they can so the American people can consider the best available information we have, as opposed to marinating and conjecture and speculation and conspiracy theories.
Last week, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., indicated that leadership wants the Democratic caucus to vote against the bill, but Himes’ comments show many Democrats are likely to ignore that preference and vote for the bill. Himes noted that in 2021, most intelligence agencies couldn’t make a firm determination about the origin of COVID. In the last few weeks, the Department of Energy and the FBI have said they believe a lab leak in China is the most likely origin but could only assign a low confidence to that theory.
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