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This is the Fox News Rundown Extra.

I'm Jessica Rosenthal. This week we spoke with Ohio Congressman and physician Brad

Wendstrom. The Republican chaired the House Select Subcommittee on COVID-19 over the last two years.

He details with us their final report and what they found, also what they're not totally sure about still, given the cover-up.

The report concludes the Chinese government, agencies within the U.S. government,

and some members of the international scientific community sought to cover up facts concerning the origins of the pandemic.

The report finds our national institutes of health funded gain-of of function research at the Wuhan Institute of

Virology. The report also says the possibility of this virus leaked from a lab is not a conspiracy

theory, that generations of children will be impacted for years over school lockdowns,

and the pandemic resulted in rampant fraud, waste, and abuse. Wensstrip shared heartbreaking

anecdotes and insights about the committee's work,

given that he's a doctor. He also shared his hopes about what the Trump administration

will do with the report and how he hopes the incoming administration might handle another

pandemic. We often have to cut interviews down for time during the week, but thought you might

like to hear this full interview. Thank you for listening. Please follow the weekday Rundown podcast if you don't already. Now, here is outgoing Ohio Republican

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