Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, told Newsmax on Tuesday that Congress is “obligated” to drill down until they get the truth about how and where, exactly, the COVID-19 pandemic originated.

To that end, Wenstrup and three other Republican committee chairs will get another crack at EcoHealth Alliance President Dr. Peter Daszak on Wednesday during a hearing on Capitol Hill. GOP lawmakers plan to question Daszak about previous statements that contradict documents and evidence that the House committees have unearthed since his transcribed interview last November.

“We are finding some contradictory type of statements that he has made that might not actually coincide [with] what is the truth,” Wenstrup said on “Rob Schmitt Tonight.”

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