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The Fox News Rundown

"The Real Question is, 'Why?'": GOP Believes Lab Leak Theory Is Suppressed

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

News, Daily News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

It has been an eventful couple of weeks on Capitol Hill, as news surrounding the origins of COVID-19 and the future of the economy continue surprising both government officials and the American public. As a result, House Republicans are hard at work digging into both topics -- as the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic investigates the lack of transparency given to Americans regarding the origins of COVID-19, and the House Ways and Means Committee holds hearings regarding the President's new budget proposal, the national debt, and inflation. New York Republican Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, a member of the House and Ways Committee, joins to discuss House Republicans' unanimous vote to declassify information relating to links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and COVID's origins and what she learned from questioning Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at the latest House Ways and Means hearing. She also discusses her new bill, the "Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act." This past Sunday marked the 20th anniversary of the return of Elizabeth Smart. It shocked many to learn the 14-year-old girl was alive after the nine months she spent in captivity after being abducted right from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah. The case captured the attention of the nation, and now the publicist who managed the media on behalf of the Smart family following her kidnapping has written a book, Unexpected: The Backstory of Finding Elizabeth Smart. The author, Chris Thomas, joins to break down new details about the infamous search for the missing teenager and the difficulties the Smart family had with the media. He remembers the moment it was discovered that Elizabeth Smart was alive and highlights how Elizabeth and her family continue to advocate for women, girls, and abuse victims. Plus, commentary by former White House Press Secretary & 'Outnumbered' Co-Host, Kayleigh McEnany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Brian Kilmeade. I'm Kennedy. I'm Sean Duffy and this is the Fox News rundown.

0:08.0

Monday, March 13, 2023, I'm like a manual. Republicans and Democrats in Congress don't agree

0:13.9

on much, but House lawmakers voted unanimously to declassify all information related to COVID-19

0:23.1

origins. Everyone should want to know the cause of the virus. Where did it come from? How is it

0:28.4

funded and to hold not only China accountable, to hold perhaps those within our own administration

0:34.8

accountable, but also ensure that this never happens again. I'm Chris Foster. It's 20 years

0:40.5

until Elizabeth Smart came home, nine months after being kidnapped. That was unbelievable. When I

0:44.8

heard it, I asked him where the body was because it just wasn't favorable that she would

0:49.4

would still be alive. And when he said, now she's in the room next to me, I mean, I just gasped.

0:54.9

And I'm Kayleigh McEnany. I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.

1:03.1

Republicans say President Biden's massive budget proposal is dead on arrival on Capitol Hill.

1:10.4

Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana says he's still in shock.

1:14.4

The President's budget took my breath away. It's a $6.9 trillion budget, $4.7 trillion

1:23.6

and new taxes that will affect everyone over 10 years. The only way I know how to improve the

1:31.0

President's budget is with a shredder. And yet President Biden insists his budget blueprint

1:36.4

is fiscally responsible. My plan after it's all said done is going to cut the deficit

1:42.0

$3 trillion over the next 10 years. The plan I submitted.

1:45.5

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says it's time for the President to get real.

1:50.4

This is not a serious budget and real leadership matters here. Don't play games with the debt ceiling.

1:55.9

A new Republican majority in the House is also digging in pretty aggressively on the origin of

2:01.0

COVID-19 and how top public health officials handled it. Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of

2:07.7

the Centers for Disease Control, is critical. A former White House chief medical advisor,

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