Lawmakers Investigate NIH Over Chinese Espionage Aimed at US Medical Research

(L) Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) speaks to The Epoch Times in an interview in March 2019. (Video screenshot/The Epoch Times) (R) Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) speaks during a news briefing after a House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 22, 2018. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Two members of Congress have demanded an explanation from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over possible Chinese intellectual property theft at U.S.-funded medical research institutions.

Reps. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) have launched an investigation into the NIH’s handling of cases of scientists who were recipients of U.S. grants but failed to disclose their ties to the Chinese communist regime.