Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) is planning to issue subpoenas to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over data pertaining to the COVID-19 vaccine.
“The lack of transparency from your agencies during the Biden presidency has been appalling,” Johnson’s letter to the agencies says. “Your agencies’ refusal to provide complete and unredacted responses and documents to my numerous oversight letters on the development and safety of the COVID-19 vaccines has hindered Congressional oversight and has jeopardized the public’s health.”
Addressing the significantly redacted documents previously released under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, Johnson wrote, “These redactions have made many of these public documents hard to understand and, in countless instances, impossible to read. What is clear from these excessive redactions, however, is a concerted effort to obscure Congress’ and the public’s understanding of your agencies’ detection of and response to COVID-19 vaccine adverse events such as myocarditis and pericarditis.”
“For the last several years, I have sent over 60 public letters to federal agencies on COVID-19 regarding the virus’ origins, early treatment, and the development and safety of the vaccines,” the letter added. “While your agencies have largely ignored or failed to fully cooperate with my oversight efforts, I can assure you that your obstruction will soon come to an end. In the next Congress, when I become chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, any attempt by your agencies to withhold documents will be met with a subpoena.”
Johnson demanded that the agencies provide unredacted information by December 3, 2024.
