Hearing Questioner (Unnamed)

Did USAID fund coronavirus research in Wuhan, China?

That's not the question. The question is, did you fund coronavirus research in Wuhan, China?

This is a $200 million program, and the GAO has also identified that some of these grants went directly to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where there is a suspicion that the lab leak began that began the pandemic. Has USAID awarded funds to the Academy of Military Medical Sciences in China?

Not to my knowledge, but I'd have to think the answer is once again Yes GAO has found that there have been sub awards of NIH money is probably as well as USAID money That went to the Academy of not just medical research military medical research in China That's a double Folks Serious time, okay.

I'm sorry, can I follow up on what you just said there? You want to authorize purging of State Department personnel? What does that mean exactly?

What proof do you have of that?

It certainly seems like there could be a review of things. Foreign aid, as you know, is less than 1% of the entire federal budget. So we're talking small amounts of money by comparison.