Rubio, Grassley Give HHS Two Weeks on Questions About US Payments Supporting China’s DNA Research

Senator Marco Rubio questions witnesses before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about "worldwide threats" on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 29, 2019. Joshua Roberts/Reuters

WASHINGTON—Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) told Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials they have until Nov. 14 to answer questions the lawmakers first asked more than a year ago about tax dollars going to U.S. genetic testing firms with links to China.

At issue is whether Chinese firms are gathering U.S. genetic data.