Welch and Porter Demand Increased Oversight and Transparency Of 'Operation Warp Speed' Vaccine Development Program
July 24, 2020
July 24, 2020
WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release:
Representatives Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Katie Porter (D-Calif.) on Thursday sent a letter with 22 other members of Congress to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar to ask how the more than $6.6 billion in taxpayer funds going to private pharmaceutical companies through 'Operation Warp Speed' (OWS) will support development of an affordable vaccine for COVID-19.
"We wri . . .
Representatives Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Katie Porter (D-Calif.) on Thursday sent a letter with 22 other members of Congress to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar to ask how the more than $6.6 billion in taxpayer funds going to private pharmaceutical companies through 'Operation Warp Speed' (OWS) will support development of an affordable vaccine for COVID-19.
"We wri . . .