WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on May 17, 2024: * * * Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) released the following statement after Health and Human Services announced the suspension of funding to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., a research group with ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology that participated in gain-of-function research without proper oversight and in violation of requirements. "In 2020, our world was turned upside down starting with a virus that's  more