We have enough problems on the home-front to take care of. But it looks like the Biden-Harris administration is more concerned with funding China.
And now a bombshell report exposes Biden’s blank check to the Chinese Communist Party.
The U.S. government is under fire for funding Chinese labs involved in gruesome animal testing, including horrific experiments where beagle puppies’ spines were severed to study their reactions to such devastating injuries.
According to a new investigation by the White Coat Waste Project (WCW), shared first with The Washington Times, 28 Chinese labs are currently approved to receive American taxpayer money for these experiments. Among these labs are Sun Yat-Sen University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, where some of the most disturbing tests on beagles are being conducted.
Footage compiled by WCW shows heartbreaking scenes of beagles with severed spines dragging their bodies across the ground, unable to move normally. In some cases, puppies as young as a day old were “sacrificed” to obtain bone marrow for research purposes, WCW said.
These experiments are meant to study the effects of severe spinal cord injuries. While WCW notes that the U.S. government does use these labs for experiments, there is no direct evidence that American taxpayer money has funded the specific tests on dogs.
However, WCW pointed to another lab, Pharmaron, that is conducting dog testing with U.S. taxpayer dollars.
Three additional labs receiving U.S. approval are run by WuXi AppTec, a firm that Congress has linked to the Chinese military. Two more labs are operated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which the U.S. government has said supports China’s military establishment.
“It’s disgusting that the Biden-Harris administration is still sending American tax dollars to shady Chinese labs for unnecessary, unethical, and unsafe experiments on dogs and puppies,” blasted Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican from South Carolina. “This needs to stop immediately. They must’ve forgotten what happened in Wuhan.”
Mace was referring to the controversial U.S. funding that went to risky research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the lab at the center of suspicions about the origins of the coronavirus.
WCW played a significant role in uncovering the Wuhan funding scandal and has been a consistent critic of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. WCW argues that continuing to fund Chinese labs is not just a moral issue but a serious national security risk.
“Despite Fauci’s gain-of-function disaster that we exposed at the Wuhan animal lab, we’ve uncovered how the NIH is still shipping tax dollars to dozens of other Chinese labs that butcher beagles, poison puppies, threaten public health, and compromise national security,” said Justin Goodman, WCW’s senior vice president.
This investigation follows a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which revealed major gaps in how the National Institutes of Health (NIH) manages research spending abroad.
The GAO pointed out that the U.S. government doesn’t track how much taxpayer money ends up in the hands of foreign subcontractors, including those in China.
In response to these findings, some lawmakers are pushing to end U.S. funding for experiments on dogs and cats, whether conducted domestically or in foreign labs. Others are pushing for legislation that would stop all U.S. government funding for labs in China and other adversarial nations.
Rep. Lisa McClain, a Republican from Michigan and the sponsor of such a bill, said the recent revelations demand urgent action. “American tax dollars should never go to the Wuhan Lab again or any others in China that pose national security risks,” McClain said.
Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iowa Republican, also announced new legislation to require annual reporting from federal agencies about how much U.S. funding is going to Chinese labs. “It should not feel like herding cats to figure out how many tax dollars are funding batty experiments in Wuhan,” she said.
Earlier this month, the U.S. House approved legislation to block pharmaceutical companies receiving taxpayer money from collaborating with five Chinese firms, including WuXi AppTec. The bill passed with bipartisan support, 306-81, with proponents warning that these firms are too closely tied to China’s military.
WuXi AppTec, in response, defended its practices and compliance with U.S. laws. “We adhere strictly to all U.S. laws and regulatory standards,” the company stated, claiming the legislation could hinder medical progress in America.
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