Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the People's Republic of China made multiple, serious mistakes in the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak that heightened the severity and spread of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which include the Chinese Government's intentional spread of misinformation to downplay the risks of the virus, a refusal to cooperate with international health authorities, internal censorship of doctors and journalists, and malicious disregard for the health of ethnic minorities.

3.0.0 553 2023-01-11T13:43:19Z 2023-01-11T13:43:19Z Senate SRES 2020-03-24 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-25T00:12:55Z Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the People's Republic of China made multiple, serious mistakes in the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak that heightened the severity and spread of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which include the Chinese Government's intentional spread of misinformation to downplay the risks of the virus, a refusal to cooperate with international health authorities, internal censorship of doctors and journalists, and malicious disregard for the health of ethnic minorities. 116 907 HRES 2020-04-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation. Related bill CRS 2020-03-24 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2014-2015) IntroReferral 2020-03-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN N C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2020-03-24 True International Affairs Asia Cardiovascular and respiratory health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) China Department of Health and Human Services Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Emergency medical services and trauma care Health personnel Human rights Infectious and parasitic diseases International organizations and cooperation Labor standards News media and reporting Racial and ethnic relations Religion World health International Affairs

00 2020-03-24 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-30T18:36:53Z This resolution condemns the Chinese government's response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak, including China's censorship of doctors and journalists during the early days of the outbreak and its refusal to accept assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The resolution also calls for (1) China to publicly state that there is no evidence that COVID-19 originated from outside China, and (2) the World Health Organization to retract misleading statements of support for China's response to COVID-19.

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A 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-19 outbreak that heightened the severity and spread of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the intentional spread of misinformation to downplay the risks of COVID-19, a refusal to cooperate with international health authorities, internal censorship of doctors and journalists, and a malicious disregard for the health of ethnic minorities. Display Title A 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-19 outbreak that heightened the severity and spread of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the intentional spread of misinformation to downplay the risks of COVID-19, a refusal to cooperate with international health authorities, internal censorship of doctors and journalists, and a malicious disregard for the health of ethnic minorities. Official Title as Introduced A 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-19 outbreak that heightened the severity and spread of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the intentional spread of misinformation to downplay the risks of COVID-19, a refusal to cooperate with international health authorities, internal censorship of doctors and journalists, and a malicious disregard for the health of ethnic minorities. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116sres553is/xml/BILLS-116sres553is.xml 2020-03-24 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2014-2015) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.