[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 13, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E376]
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                            WUHAN WHITEWASH

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 13, 2021

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, incredibly revealing is 
the editorial in The Wall Street Journal on March 31, 2021 opposing The 
Wuhan Virus Whitewash. The unintended consequence of the blatant 
misrepresentation in the Wuhan Report is to further verify COVID-19 
originated at the Wuhan Virology Institute leading to over three 
million deaths worldwide.

       The World Health Organization on Tuesday finally released 
     its report on the origins of the coronavirus, and the result 
     wasn't worth the wait. The document is best understood as a 
     whitewash heavily influenced by the Chinese Communist Party 
     and Westerners with conflicts of interest.
       The report--based primarily on an international team's 
     visit this year to the city of Wuhan, where Covid-19 was 
     first detected--has little new information.
       In 2018 U.S. officials warned in diplomatic cables about 
     safety and management issues at the Wuhan Virology Institute 
     that could lead to a pandemic.
       The U.S. State Department warned in a January fact sheet 
     that WIV researchers had developed ``symptoms consistent with 
     both COVID-19 and common seasonal illnesses'' in autumn 2019.
       Even the WHO recognizes the implausibility of the report. 
     ``I do not believe that this assessment was extensive enough. 
     Further data and studies will be needed to reach more robust 
     conclusions,'' WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus said 
     Tuesday.
       The U.S. and 13 other governments released a statement 
     Tuesday expressing ``shared concerns'' that the WHO study 
     ``was significantly delayed and lacked access to complete, 
     original data and samples.''
       That shouldn't be the end of it. The Biden Administration 
     knows the underlying intelligence and should release it to 
     the public. The Biden Administration says it wants to 
     revitalize multilateral institutions, and that should start 
     with refusing to accept the WHO's Wuhan whitewash.

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