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The House Judiciary Subcommittee of Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust released a report that shows efforts by the Biden administration to encourage the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to overextend its authority to approve the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. 

The report, entitled "Politics, Private Interests, and the Biden Administration's Deviation from Agency Regulations in the COVID-19 Pandemic," was released by Subcommittee Chairman Thomas Massie (R-KY) on June 24. Findings in the report include the Biden Administration encouraging the FDA to alter procedures, leave out steps in their processes, and lower their standards in order to get the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine approved, after which the administration created mandates for vaccinations.

"In August 2021, when the Pfizer shots received FDA licensure, and just before the booster received EUA, the top two FDA vaccine reviewers with decades of experience announced they were leaving the agency," Chairman Massie said. "During the pandemic, politics overruled science at the government institutions entrusted with protecting public health. The FDA abandoned its congressional directive to protect citizens from false claims and undisclosed side effects, and instead ignored its own rules to pursue a policy of promoting the vaccine while downplaying potential harms.”

The investigation from the Subcommittee reported cases of a failure to accurately report cases of vaccine injury or failures, despite requirements to do so in order to improve the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. The investigation included interview with Dr. Marion Gruber and Dr. Philip Krause, both of whom were former scientists with the FDA, who each testified that they "felt pressure to cut corners on the vaccine review" to get it to an approval stage. 

Former Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock also told the subcommittee she was "disappointed" in her actions and the FDA's efforts regarding vaccine protocol and safety.