"We have just learned that a formal lab has confirmed the suspicion that that white powdery substance found in the West Wing on Sunday was in fact positive for cocaine," MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell reported on Wednesday.
A bill from the House Appropriations Committee would ban EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology from receiving funds from U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and other sources leading to the State Department.
"Legally, logistically, and just risk-management wise, this was the safest, wisest course," said Chief Operating Officer in the Office of the Georgia Secretary of State Gabriel Sterling.
Taste testers sign a waiver that reads, "The cultured meat and related food products in the Tasting are experimental" and "The properties are not completely known."
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the United States Agency for International Development funded an EcoHealth Alliance subcontractor's efforts on coronaviruses, according to a report found through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.