,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #dig  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february 
#aa1 #bjbj,mr4 ,cotton 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4 ,markey1 and ,mr4  
,gardner7 submitted the following       
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,commemorating the life of
 ,dr4 ,li ,wenliang and calling for     
transparency and cooperation from the   
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china and the ,communist ,party of  
,china4  ,whereas ,dr4 ,li ,wenliang was
 a #cd-year-old ophthalmologist working 
in ,wuhan1 ,china2 ,whereas research    
indicates that the first patient        
infected with the #bjai novel           
coronavirus 7#bjai-n,co,v7 exhibited    
symptoms on ,december #a1 #bjai2        
,whereas1 in ,december #bjai1 ,dr4 ,li  
notified his associates in the medical  
community in ,china about the outbreak  
of #bjai-n,co,v2 ,whereas1 after raising
 concerns about the spread of           

#bjai-n,co,v1 ,dr4 ,li was summoned by  
,chinese officials and forced to sign a 
statement retracting his warnings about 
the virus and confessing that he had    
spread illegal rumors2 ,whereas ,chinese
 government authorities played down     
dangers to the public for weeks as      
#bjai-n,co,v continued to spread1 with  
more than #db1jjj confirmed cases in    
,china alone and at least #a1jjj deaths 
reported as of ,february #aa1 #bjbj2    
,whereas ,dr4 ,li continued to work as  
an ophthalmologist at ,wuhan ,central   
,hospital despite his knowledge of the  
outbreak1 and appears to have been      
infected himself with #bjai-n,co,v after
 coming in contact with a patient he was
 treating for glaucoma2 ,whereas1 on the
 morning of ,february #g1 #bjbj1 in the 
hospital where he worked1 ,dr4 ,li      
,wenliang died after contracting        
#bjai-n,co,v2 ,whereas1 before he passed
 away1 ,dr4 ,li stated1 ,if the         
officials had disclosed information     
about the epidemic earlier1 ,i think it 

would have been a lot better4 ,there    
should be more openness and             
transparency42 ,whereas the people of   
,china expressed their grief and anger  
on social media after the death of ,dr4 
,li1 with the phrase ,i want freedom of 
speech emerging as a top trending topic 
on the ,weibo platform2 ,whereas the    
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china continues to limit free       
expression1 and stepped up censorship   
after online criticism and investigative
 reports by ,chinese journalists        
suggesting that officials underestimated
 and underplayed the threat of          
#bjai-n,co,v2 ,whereas ,freedom ,house  
has listed ,china as the worst abuser of
 internet freedom in the world for the  
fourth year in a row1 and in the        
aftermath of the outbreak of            
#bjai-n,co,v1 there are numerous and    
well-documented instances of the ,great 
,firewall of ,china suppressing the free
 flow of critical and medically         
important information about the         

pandemic2 ,whereas the ,government of   
the ,people's ,republic of ,china has   
endangered the people of ,taiwan and    
people around the world by using its    
influence to limit ,taiwan's access to  
the benefits of membership in the ,world
 ,health ,organization and the          
,international ,civil ,aviation         
,organization1 particularly during the  
current outbreak2 and ,whereas the      
,world ,health ,organization has        
declared #bjai-n,co,v a ,public ,health 
,emergency of ,international ,concern3  
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the       
,senate-- 7#a7 honors the life and      
contributions of ,dr4 ,li ,wenliang1 and
 extends heartfelt sympathy to his      
family and to the families of all who   
have passed during this outbreak2  7#b7 
expresses its support for the people of 
,china as they face this unprecedented  
public health challenge2  7#c7 expresses
 gratitude to ,dr4 ,li and all ,chinese 
medical personnel and citizens for their
 efforts to spread awareness of         

#bjai-n,co,v and treat individuals who  
have contracted the disease2  7#d7 calls
 on the ,government of the ,people's    
,republic of ,china and the ,communist  
,party of ,china-- 7,a7 to be open and  
transparent in investigating and        
responding to #bjai-n,co,v2  7,b7 to    
ensure that ,chinese citizens and the   
international community have free and   
unfettered access1 without censorship or
 social media controls1 to information  
about #bjai-n,co,v2  7,c7 to cooperate  
fully with the ,united ,states          
,government1 including the ,centers for 
,disease ,control and ,prevention1 in   
providing medical access1 sharing       
information1 and developing treatment to
 combat #bjai-n,co,v2  7,d7 to cooperate
 fully with other governments1          
especially those in ,southeast ,asia1   
,africa1 ,latin ,america1 and other     
regions whose health systems already    
face high burdens and are operating from
 a lower base of capability1 as well as 
international health organizations in   

combating #bjai-n,co,v2 and  7,e7 to    
cease efforts to exclude ,taiwan from   
international organizations1 including  
the ,world ,health ,organization and the
 ,international ,civil ,aviation        
,organization2  7#e7 affirms the vital  
importance of ,dr4 ,li's belief that    
there should be more openness and       
transparency in ,china2  7#f7 affirms   
that freedom of expression is a social  
good that enables experts to sound      
public health warnings and helps        
citizens ensure that their government   
addresses weaknesses in crisis response2
 and  7#g7 strongly supports the people 
of ,china in their demand for freedom of
 speech4