,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ajha  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,august #aa1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,loudermilk submitted the     
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs 
,,resolution  ,recognizing the role of  
democracies in responding to the        
,,covid-#ai pandemic1 democracy's       
resiliency1 the dangers of              
authoritarianism1 and reaffirming the   
commitment of the ,united ,states to    
democratic principles4  ,whereas the    
,,covid-#ai pandemic is a significant   
event in world history and will continue
 to challenge governments around the    
world2 ,whereas current research shows  
the novel ,,covid-#ai strain was first  
transmitted in ,china in late #bjai and 
the ,world ,health ,organization        
declared ,,covid-#ai a global pandemic  
on ,march #aa1 #bjbj2 ,whereas          
democracies have responded to the       
pandemic by sharing scientific          
information and medical resources       

internationally and remaining committed 
to the human rights and freedoms of     
their people2 ,whereas authoritarian    
regimes have taken advantage of the     
pandemic as an opportunity to centralize
 power1 spread disinformation1 expand   
their corrupt practices1 or otherwise   
deny basic human rights to their people2
 ,whereas democracies contribute to the 
construction of a vast network of       
international partnerships1             
authoritarian regimes see these         
partnerships as instruments to be       
exploited for unilateral benefit and for
 realizing their long-held vision of    
having these institutions under their   
direction2 ,whereas democracies share   
information transparently and ensure    
that journalists operate freely1        
authoritarian regimes manipulate the    
content journalists can share and       
organize disinformation through their   
state-controlled media systems2 ,whereas
 democracies have shown resilience      
during this global crisis by encouraging

 constructive debate1 authoritarian     
regimes suppress internal criticisms1   
tightening their grip1 giving their     
people yet more reason to resist2       
,whereas democracies have taken steps to
 ensure the health and safety of their  
people1 authoritarian regimes have      
removed fundamental protections with no 
intention of returning basic1           
indispensable rights2 ,whereas ,taiwan's
 democratic government was among the    
first to recognize this new strain of   
the coronavirus and they chose to build 
an extensive and coordinated domestic   
response while seeking to share evidence
 of human-to-human transmission with the
 world1 authoritarian regimes declined  
to share early evidence of the virus to 
mislead the world2 ,whereas the         
,republic of ,south ,korea has taken its
 place on the world stage as one of the 
most vibrant democracies1 they built a  
concentrated domestic testing program   
and were the first to share test kits1  
authoritarian regimes concealed the     

truth through an elaborate              
disinformation campaign and blamed      
democracies as the origin of            
,,covid-#ai2 ,whereas the ,united       
,states remains committed to a system of
 checks and balances and protecting     
access to government officials1         
authoritarian regimes detain or imprison
 those who dare to criticize their      
leaders2 ,whereas ,denmark was an early 
adopter of recommended social distancing
 practices and its citizens rallied     
behind their leaders in hopes of having 
an early return to normalcy1            
authoritarian regimes mislead and       
disenfranchised their people2 ,whereas  
,australia established a working group  
of ,federal1 ,state1 and local leaders  
to share information and increase       
resource utilization1 authoritarian     
regimes centralized power to ensure only
 the dissemination of information       
favorable to the state and prevent      
citizen oversight of corrupt practices2 
,whereas ,iceland built their response  

on a robust testing program1            
authoritarian regimes' censorship       
actions delayed the implementation of   
public health strategies1 exposing a    
deep mistrust of the government2        
,whereas ,canada trusted their medical  
experts to lead public health           
initiatives1 authoritarian regimes      
rejected the findings of medical        
experts1 such as ,dr4 ,li ,wenliang2    
,whereas ,germany pursued meticulous    
contact tracing to slow the spread of   
the virus1 authoritarian regimes have   
taken extreme measures forcing their    
people into isolation1 including welding
 closed the doors of their homes2       
,whereas ,japan treasured the health of 
,olympic visitors ahead of economic     
prosperity1 authoritarian regimes placed
 regime security over global public     
health2 and ,whereas ,new ,zealand      
rallied its people to face ,,covid-#ai  
and eliminate the virus from its        
borders1 authoritarian regimes waited   
several critical days before sharing    

valuable information on the virus with  
their people3 ,now1 therefore1 be it    
,that it is the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives that the ,united       
,states-- 7#a7 recognizes the commitment
 of democracies to democratic values and
 institutions in their dynamic response 
to the global ,,covid-#ai pandemic and  
condemns the actions of those that seek 
to use the pandemic as an instrument to 
consolidate undemocratic power and      
violate human rights2  7#b7 remembers   
its commitment to fundamental democratic
 principles and to opposing the         
influence of authoritarian regimes that 
threaten the international order2  7#c7 
rejects the hollow appeal of            
authoritarianism and urges the leaders  
of these countries to reconsider their  
pursuit of censorship1 exploitation1 and
 suppression of human rights2  7#d7     
encourages authoritarian governments to 
end their influence operations and      
disinformation campaigns and discontinue
 behavior that divides nations and      

undermines the legitimacy of            
international institutions2 and  7#e7   
calls on democracies and international  
institutions to remember their promise  
of transparency1 accountability1        
integrity1 and the free flow of         
information4