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Former U.S. Representative from Ohio
Large portions of the intel community, however, numerous experts, and the evidence gathered indicate confidence that the virus originated from a lab.
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John Joyce, closing remarks in "Investigating the Proximal Origin of a Cover-Up," House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing, July 11, 2023.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified The quote is directly about the statement’s core issue: whether COVID-19 originated from a lab. In context, Joyce contrasts a wet-market/natural-origin path with the claim that "the virus originated from a lab" and adds that the alleged animal source had still not been found, so the quote strongly signals a determinable pro-lab-origin stance on the complete statement. ([govinfo.gov](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg53002/html/CHRG-118hhrg53002.htm)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2h ago
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AI Verified Joyce explicitly supports the statement: he says "the evidence gathered indicate confidence that the virus originated from a lab," and the surrounding remarks contrast that with a "wet market"/natural-origin path, so his position is that COVID-19 most likely came from a lab-related incident rather than zoonotic spillover. ([govinfo.gov](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg53002/html/CHRG-118hhrg53002.htm)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2h ago

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AI Verified Verified. The official GovInfo hearing transcript for “Investigating the Proximal Origin of a Cover-Up” dated 2023-07-11 shows Dr. Wenstrup delivering the closing remarks, and the exact sentence appears verbatim at lines 3424-3426; the PDF version also contains it on p. 62. The source URL contains the quote. The submitter’s note naming John Joyce conflicts with the transcript, but the stored author, date, quote text, and source URL are otherwise correct. ([govinfo.gov](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg53002/html/CHRG-118hhrg53002.htm)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2h ago
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