,,iv #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,,res4 #ijg ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,march #bd1 #bjbj,mr4 ,banks 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mr4 ,kevin ,hern of ,oklahoma1 ,mr4 ,bucshon1 ,mr4 ,rogers of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,loudermilk1 ,mr4 ,kelly of ,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,gallagher1 ,mr4 ,kinzinger1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,missouri1 ,mr4 ,abraham1 ,mr4 ,waltz1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,riggleman1 ,mr4 ,hagedorn1 ,mr4 ,norman1 ,mr4 ,crawford1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,ohio1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 and ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas7 submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs ,,resolution ,expressing the sense of the ,house of ,representatives that the ,government of the ,people's ,republic of ,china made multiple1 serious mistakes in the early stages of the ,,covid-#ai outbreak that heightened the severity and spread of the ongoing ,,covid-#ai pandemic1 which include the ,chinese ,government's intentional spread of misinformation to downplay the risks of the virus1 a refusal to cooperate with international health authorities1 internal censorship of doctors and journalists1 and malicious disregard for the health of ethnic minorities4 ,whereas ,chinese ,government records suggest that the first human became infected with ,,covid-#ai on ,november #ag1 #bjai1 in ,china's ,hubei ,province2 ,whereas1 on ,december #bg1 #bjai1 ,zhang ,jixian1 a doctor from the ,hubei ,provincial ,hospital of ,chinese and ,western ,medicine alerted ,china's health authorities that several individuals exhibiting mysterious1 flu-like symptoms1 were infected with a novel strain of coronavirus2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,yu ,wenbin and a team of researchers from ,xishuangbanna ,tropical ,botanical ,garden reported that the ,huanan ,seafood ,wholesale ,market greatly contributed to the spread of ,,covid-#ai throughout the city of ,wuhan2 ,whereas the ,chinese ,government waited five days after being informed of cases of a dangerous new strain of coronavirus concentrated around ,wuhan's open-air market to shut down of the ,huanan ,seafood ,wholesale ,market in ,wuhan2 ,whereas ,zhou ,xianwang1 the mayor of ,wuhan1 stated that #e1jjj1jjj of ,wuhan's #ad1jjj1jjj residents left the city before the ,chinese ,government imposed a lockdown2 ,whereas1 on ,december #cj1 #bjai1 ,ai ,fen1 director of ,wuhan ,central ,hospital's emergency department1 shared a diagnostic report on the then unknown ,,covid-#ai virus with a group of doctors through the social media application ,we,chat2 ,whereas1 on ,december #cj1 #bjai1 ,dr4 ,li ,wenliang1 warned his medical school classmates of an outbreak of an unknown ,,sars-like virus over ,we,chat2 ,whereas1 on ,december #ca1 #bjai1 ,wuhan ,central ,hospital authorities formally reprimanded ,fei for spreading rumors about the virus2 ,whereas1 on ,january #a1 #bjbj1 an official at the ,hubei ,provincial ,health ,commission ordered at least one private genomics testing company to cease testing samples of a ,,sars-like virus from ,wuhan and to destroy all existing samples of the virus2 ,whereas1 on ,january #c1 #bjbj1 ,wuhan's ,public ,security ,bureau detained1 questioned and forced ,dr4 ,li ,wenliang and seven other doctors to sign a letter confessing he had made false comments that severely disturbed the social order2 ,whereas1 on ,january #c1 #bjbj1 the leading public health authority in ,china1 the ,national ,health ,commission1 directed all ,chinese research institutions to cease publicly publishing any information related to a then unknown ,,sars-like virus1 and ordered them to destroy existing samples of the virus or transfer them to approved testing sites2 ,whereas the ,centers for ,disease ,control first asked permission to study ,,covid-#ai within ,china on ,january #f1 #bjbj1 but was barred by the ,chinese ,government from entering the country until mid-,february2 ,whereas ,chinese authorities first publicly confirmed the existence of ,,covid-#ai on ,january #i1 #bjbj1 #ad days after the presence of a novel strain of coronavirus was internally confirmed2 ,whereas ,china's ,national ,health ,commission publicly denied ,,covid-#ai was person-to-person transmissible until ,january #ae1 #bjbj1 despite having uncovered contrary evidence in late ,december and being alerted of the transmissibility of ,,covid-#ai on ,january #a1 #bjbj2 ,whereas1 on ,january #ah1 #bjbj1 over #aj1jjj families attended the city of ,wuhan's annual ,lunar ,new ,year ,banquet1 which was organized and sponsored by the ,wuhan city government2 ,whereas the ,people's ,daily1 the largest newspaper in ,china1 first reported on the coronavirus on ,january #ba1 #bjbj1 nearly a month after the virus was internally confirmed2 ,whereas1 on ,february #g1 #bjbj1 one month after checking into ,wuhan ,central ,hospital1 ,dr4 ,li ,wenliang died of a severe case of ,,covid-#ai2 ,whereas the ,,covid-#ai outbreak has disproportionately harmed ,china's persecuted ,uyghur ,muslim minority as a result of the following actions taken by the ,chinese ,government-- 7#a7 the detention of over #a1jjj1jjj ,uyghur ,muslims and other ethnic minorities in re-education camps1 whose crowded and unsanitary conditions makes the camps hotspots for viral disease and leave prisoners at an elevated risk of contracting ,,covid-#ai2 7#b7 as reported by ,uyghur ,human ,rights ,project1 and corroborated by video evidence and ,radio ,free ,asia1 an unannounced and strictly enforced quarantine of millions of residents in its predominantly ,uyghur ,muslim ,xinjiang ,province around ,january #bd1 #bjbj1 resulted in mass starvation and shortages of basic medical supplies2 and 7#c7 on ,february #be1 #bjbj1 ,xinhua ,news ,service reported that ,china had re-located #cj1jjj ,uyghur laborers to temporarily shuttered factories in the ,hotan prefecture1 exposing them to health risks the ,chinese ,government deemed unacceptable for the ethnically ,han majority2 ,whereas the ,centers for ,disease ,control1 being the premier infectious disease research institution in the world1 was well situated at the beginning of the ,,covid-#ai outbreak to both assist ,china's response and prepare the ,united ,states to handle the virus should it spread internationally2 ,whereas ,china's ,national ,health ,commission failed to include individuals who tested positive for ,,covid-#ai but remained asymptomatic in its daily tally of confirmed ,,covid-#ai cases1 hampering ,american public health authorities' ability to accurately account for the health risks of infection and spread rate of the virus2 ,whereas ,chinese ,foreign ,ministry ,spokesman1 ,zhao ,lijian1 claimed that ,,covid-#ai originated in the ,united ,states and that the ,united ,states ,army brought the virus to ,wuhan to wage biological warfare on ,china2 ,whereas other ,chinese ,government officials including scientists working on ,china's ,,covid-#ai response1 ,china's ,ambassador to ,south ,africa and ,china's ,ambassador to ,australia have claimed that there is no evidence that ,,covid-#ai originated in ,china2 ,whereas1 on ,march #d1 #bjbj1 ,xinhua ,news ,agency1 an official mouthpiece of the ,chinese ,government1 published an article threatening to cut off medical supply exports to the ,united ,states and plunge the ,united ,states into the mighty sea of coronavirus2 ,whereas1 on ,march #ag1 #bjbj1 ,china expelled ,american nationals working at the ,wall ,street ,journal1 ,washington ,post1 and ,new ,york ,times1 reducing the spread of reliable information on the ,,covid-#ai outbreak in ,china2 and ,whereas a study by the ,university of ,southampton found that if ,china had taken action #c weeks earlier1 the spread of coronavirus would be reduced by #ie percent globally3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7 calls on the ,chinese ,government to-- 7,a7 publicly state that there's no evidence that ,,covid-#ai originated anywhere else but ,china2 7,b7 denounce the baseless conspiracy that the ,united ,states ,army placed ,,covid-#ai in ,wuhan2 7,c7 revoke its expulsion of ,american journalists2 7,d7 end its detainment of ,uyghur ,muslims and other persecuted ethnic minorities2 and 7,e7 end all forced labor programs2 7#b7 condemns-- 7,a7 the ,chinese ,government's censorship of doctors and journalists during the early days of the outbreak and particularly its treatment of the deceased ,dr4 ,li ,wenliang2 7,b7 the ,chinese ,government's refusal to allow scientists from the ,centers for ,disease ,control to assist its response to ,,covid-#ai for over a month after cooperation was offered1 needlessly endangering the lives of its own citizens and hampering the ,united ,states early attempts to learn more about ,,covid-#ai2 and 7,c7 ,china's ,national ,health ,commissions' duplicitous denial of the person-to-person transmissibility of ,,covid-#ai2 and 7#c7 calls for the ,world ,health ,organization ,director-,general ,dr4 ,tedros ,adhanom ,ghebreyesus to retract highly misleading statements of support for the ,chinese ,government's response to ,,covid-#ai1 especially his praise for the commitment from ,china's top leadership1 and the transparency they have demonstrated4