,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #idd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #bh1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,mast submitted the following 
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives that the 
,people's ,republic of ,china should be 
held accountable for its handling of    
,,covid-#ai4  ,whereas the first        
reported case of ,coronavirus ,disease  
#bjai 7commonly referred to as          
,,covid-#ai7 was reported as early as   
,november #ag1 #bjai2 ,whereas the first
 human-to-human transmission of the     
disease was recorded by doctors in      
,wuhan1 ,china on ,december #h1 #bjai2  
,whereas the ,wuhan ,municipal ,health  
,commission did not inform the ,world   
,health ,organization 7,,who7 of the    
outbreak until ,december #ca1 #bjai2    
,whereas ,chinese social media censors  
curbed alerts of the outbreak to the    
public1 including by blocking a         

comprehensive list of                   
coronavirus-related terms from online   
discussion2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,li ,wenliang1
 a physician at ,wuhan ,central hospital
 who warned his colleagues of the       
possible outbreak of ,,covid-#ai in     
,december #bjai1 was summoned and       
admonished by ,wuhan police for making  
false comments on the ,internet1 and    
later died of the virus2 ,whereas1 on   
,january #c1 #bjbj1 ,china's ,national  
,health ,commission 7,,nhc7 ordered     
institutions not to publish any         
information related to the unknown      
disease and ordered labs to transfer any
 samples they had to designated testing 
institutions or to destroy them2        
,whereas the ,director of the ,centers  
for ,disease ,control and ,prevention1  
,dr4 ,robert ,redfield1 was not notified
 by his ,chinese colleagues of          
,,covid-#ai until ,january #c1 #bjbj1   
#dg days after the first reported case  
of the virus2 ,whereas nearly six weeks 
after doctors in ,wuhan raised the      

possibility of human-to-human           
transmission of the virus1 ,chinese     
officials continued to deny any recorded
 cases of such transmissions2 ,whereas  
,chinese authorities did not begin      
taking steps toward locking down the    
city of ,wuhan until ,january #bc1      
#bjbj1 over two months after the first  
reported case of ,,covid-#ai2 ,whereas  
critics of ,china's slow response to the
 outbreak1 including ,chinese           
businessman ,ren ,zhiqiang1 were        
reported to have disappeared2 and       
,whereas a growing consensus of ,united 
,states officials now believe that      
,,covid-#ai originated at the ,wuhan    
,institute of ,virology as part of      
efforts to study and combat viruses3    
,now1 therefore1 be it ,that it is the  
sense of the ,house of ,representatives 
that-- 7#a7 the global outbreak of      
,coronavirus ,disease #bjai 7commonly   
referred to as ,,covid-#ai7 is a direct 
result of the ,people's ,republic of    
,china's long and appalling record of   

human rights abuses1 including its      
suppression of the freedom of           
expression1 as well as its aggressive   
domestic and global propaganda campaign2
  7#b7 the ,people's ,republic of ,china
 should be held accountable for its     
handling of the ,,covid-#ai2 and  7#c7  
the ,united ,states and other countries 
should permanently withhold payments on 
debts owed to the ,people's ,republic of
 ,china in amounts equal to the public  
costs incurred by such countries        
relating to ,,covid-#ai4