,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #eec  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march    
#bd1 #bjbj,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself 
and ,mr4 ,cotton7 submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,,resolution  ,expressing   
the sense of the ,senate that the       
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china made multiple serious mistakes
 in the early stages of the ,,covid-#ai 
outbreak that heightened the severity   
and spread of the ongoing ,,covid-#ai   
pandemic1 including the intentional     
spread of misinformation to downplay the
 risks of ,,covid-#ai1 a refusal to     
cooperate with international health     
authorities1 internal censorship of     
doctors and journalists1 and a malicious
 disregard for the health of ethnic     
minorities4  ,whereas records of the    
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china suggest that the first human  
became infected with ,,covid-#ai on     

,november #ag1 #bjai1 in the ,hubei     
,province of ,china2 ,whereas1 on       
,december #bg1 #bjai1 ,zhang ,jixian1 a 
doctor from the ,hubei ,provincial      
,hospital of ,chinese and ,western      
,medicine1 alerted health authorities in
 ,china 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         
,whereas1 after being informed of cases 
of a dangerous new strain of coronavirus
 concentrated around the ,huanan        
,seafood ,wholesale ,market in ,wuhan1  
the ,government of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china waited #e days to   
shut down the market2 ,whereas ,zhou    
,xianwang1 the mayor of ,wuhan1 stated  
that #e1jjj1jjj of the #ad1jjj1jjj      

residents of ,wuhan left ,wuhan before  
the ,government of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china imposed a lockdown2 
,whereas1 on ,december #cj1 #bjai1 ,ai  
,fen1 the director of the emergency     
department of ,wuhan ,central ,hospital1
 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 through ,we,chat2     
,whereas1 on ,december #ca1 #bjai1      
,wuhan ,central ,hospital authorities   
formally reprimanded ,ai ,fen for       
spreading rumors about the virus2       
,whereas1 on ,january #a1 #bjbj1 an     
official at the ,hubei ,provincial      
,health ,commission ordered at least #a 
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 the ,public     
,security ,bureau of ,wuhan detained1   
questioned1 and forced ,dr4 ,li         
,wenliang and #g other doctors to sign a
 letter confessing that ,wenliang 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 research institutions in ,china to  
cease publicly publishing any           
information related to a then unknown   
,,sars-like virus and ordered them to   
destroy existing samples of the virus or
 transfer them to approved testing      
sites2 ,whereas the ,centers for        
,disease ,control and ,prevention first 
asked permission to study ,,covid-#ai in
 ,china on ,january #f1 #bjbj1 but was  
barred by the ,government of the        
,people's ,republic of ,china from      
entering the country until              
mid-,february2 ,whereas authorities of  
the ,government of the ,people's        

,republic of ,china 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 the ,national ,health          
,commission of ,china publicly denied   
that ,,covid-#ai was transmissible      
through person-to-person contact until  
,january #ae1 #bjbj1 despite having     
uncovered contrary evidence in late     
,december and having been alerted of the
 transmissibility of ,,covid-#ai on     
,january #a1 #bjbj2 ,whereas1 on        
,january #ah1 #bjbj1 more than #aj1jjj  
families attended the annual ,lunar ,new
 ,year ,banquet of ,wuhan1 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 #a 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  
the persecuted ,uyghur ,muslim minority 
of ,china as a result of actions taken  
by the ,government of the ,people's     
,republic of ,china2 ,whereas the       
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china detained more than #a1jjj1jjj 
,uyghur ,muslims and other ethnic       
minorities in re-education camps1 where 
crowded and unsanitary conditions make  
the camps hotspots for viral disease and
 leave prisoners at an elevated risk of 
contracting ,,covid-#ai2 ,whereas1 as   
reported by the ,uyghur ,human ,rights  
,project1 and corroborated by video     
evidence and ,radio ,free ,asia1 an     
unannounced and strictly enforced       
quarantine of millions of residents of  
the predominantly ,uyghur ,muslim       
,xinjiang ,province of ,china around    
,january #bd1 #bjbj1 resulted in mass   
starvation and shortages of basic       

medical supplies2 ,whereas1 on ,february
 #be1 #bjbj1 ,xinhua ,news ,service     
reported that the ,government of the    
,people's ,republic of ,china had       
re-located #cj1jjj ,uyghur laborers to  
temporarily shuttered factories in the  
,hotan prefecture1 exposing them to     
health risks that the ,government of the
 ,people's ,republic of ,china          
determined were unacceptable for the    
ethnically ,han majority2 ,whereas the  
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention1 the premier infectious     
disease research institution in the     
world1 was well situated at the         
beginning of the ,,covid-#ai outbreak to
 both assist the response of the people 
and ,government of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china and prepare the     
people and ,government of the ,united   
,states to handle the virus in the case 
of international spread2 ,whereas the   
,national ,health ,commission of ,china 
failed to include individuals who tested
 positive for ,,covid-#ai but remained  

asymptomatic in its daily tally of      
confirmed ,,covid-#ai cases1 hampering  
the ability of public health authorities
 in the ,united ,states to accurately   
account for the rate of spread and the  
health risks of the virus2 ,whereas a   
,foreign ,ministry ,spokesman of the    
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china1 ,zhao ,lijian1 claimed that  
,,covid-#ai originated in the ,united   
,states and that the ,united ,states    
,army brought ,,covid-#ai to ,wuhan to  
wage biological warfare on ,china2      
,whereas other officials of the         
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china1 including scientists working 
on the ,,covid-#ai response of ,china1  
the ,ambassador to ,south ,africa of    
,china1 and the ,ambassador to          
,australia of ,china1 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          
,government of the ,people's ,republic  

of ,china1 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 the ,government of   
the ,people's ,republic of ,china       
expelled nationals of the ,united       
,states working at the ,wall ,street    
,journal1 the ,washington ,post1 and the
 ,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 the          
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china had taken action #c weeks     
earlier1 the spread of ,,covid-#ai would
 be reduced by #ie percent globally3    
,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the        
,senate-- 7#a7 calls on the ,government 
of the ,people's ,republic of ,china    
to-- 7,a7 publicly state that there is  
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 the expulsion  
of journalists of the ,united ,states2  
7,d7 end the detainment of ,uyghur      
,muslims and other persecuted ethnic    
minorities2 and  7,e7 end all forced    
labor programs2  7#b7 condemns-- 7,a7   
the censorship of the ,government of the
 ,people's ,republic of ,china of       
doctors and journalists during the early
 days of the ,,covid-#ai outbreak1      
particularly the treatment of the       
deceased ,dr4 ,li ,wenliang2  7,b7 the  
refusal of the ,government of the       
,people's ,republic of ,china to allow  
scientists from the ,centers for        
,disease ,control and ,prevention to    
assist its response to ,,covid-#ai for  
more than a month after cooperation was 
offered1 needlessly endangering the     
lives of its own citizens and hampering 
the early attempts of the ,united       
,states to learn more about ,,covid-#ai2
 and  7,c7 the duplicitous denial of the

 ,national ,health ,commission of ,china
 of the person-to-person                
transmissibility of ,,covid-#ai2 and    
7#c7 calls for the ,director-,general of
 the ,world ,health ,organization1 ,dr4 
,tedros ,adhanom ,ghebreyesus1 to       
retract highly misleading statements of 
support for the response of the         
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china to ,,covid-#ai1 especially his
 praise for the commitment from top     
leadership of the ,government of the    
,people's ,republic of ,china1 and the  
transparency they have demonstrated4