Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa said Wednesday she wants to launch a bipartisan “9/11 Commission-style” task force that will investigate the origins of COVID-19 and help the U.S. prepare for a future pandemic.
Ms. Ernst, a Republican, introduced legislation to launch a 12-member task force that is divided equally between the parties and authorized to issue subpoenas, schedule hearings and receive testimony.
Separately, a House select committee is probing the origins of the coronavirus, which killed more than 1 million people in the U.S. and roughly 7 million people worldwide. “In hindsight, there were many missteps made in the preparation and response to COVID-19 — and possibly even in the origins of the pandemic,” Ms. Ernst said. “Learning from these mistakes is the only way to avoid them in the future. Every day we delay this independent, transparent investigation, we risk a fatal repeat.”
Under the plan, the task force would submit an interim report to Congress and the president within six months and a final report within 18 months of its first meeting.
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