“Besides China peddling money for influence in US institutions of higher education, China is restricting any research regarding the origins of Covid-19 that does not comport with [Chinese Communist Party] propaganda,” read a letter sent on Monday to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, calling for an investigation. “To nations battling peak pandemic outbreaks, the CCP’s machinations undoubtedly hamper the global response to the pandemic.”

The letter was organized by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, and signed by other Republican ranking members, from Devin Nunes (Intelligence) and Michael McCaul (Foreign Affairs) to Mac Thornberry (Armed Services) and Mike Rogers (Homeland Security). It was not signed by Democrats who have the majority in the House and chair the committees.