China News Service, May 2nd, comprehensive foreign media reported that on May 1, local time, the US White House said that American infectious disease expert Anthony Fudge will not attend the congressional hearing led by the House Appropriations Committee next week. It is reported that the committee is investigating the Trump administration ’s response to the New Crown Virus pandemic, and the White House said it was “backfired” to have relevant individuals involved in the epidemic prevention work attend the hearing.
Data map: Anthony Fudge, an infectious disease expert in the United States. (Pictured)
According to reports, the US House Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing next week on the government ’s response to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, and plans to summon infectious disease expert Fuch to attend the hearing.
The committee spokesman Holland (Evan Hollander) said on the 1st that White House officials notified the same day that they refused to allow Fudge to participate in the hearing. A White House spokesman, Judd Deere, said on the same day that while the Trump administration continued to respond to the epidemic and promote vaccine development, it would be "backfired" for relevant individuals to attend Congressional hearings.
The report said that if Fauchi could not attend, the only witness to plan to testify was Tom Frieden, the former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Other witnesses may also agree to attend.
It is reported that Fuch is the leading infectious disease expert in the United States and an important member of the White House New Crown Virus Working Group. He is known for his outspokenness. At the end of January this year, Fuchs joined the White House Coronavirus Response Working Group to respond to the new and growing new epidemic in the United States.