June 30, 2023
The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Chair
Committee on Energy and Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Chair Rodgers:
Thank you for your March 30, 2023, and May 30, 2023, letters regarding research on mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The enclosed document is a letter from Dr. Bernard Moss, NIH Distinguished Investigator at the Laboratory of Viral Diseases at NIAID.
If you or your staff have any questions, please feel free to contact the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation at (202) 690-7627.
Sincerely,
A personal signature appears here
Melanie Anne Egorin, PhD
Assistant Secretary for Legislation
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