SRES 553
116th Congress
Senate
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
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: March 24, 2020
Introduced by:
Blackburn, Marsha
Republican
· Tennessee
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Mar 24, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2014-2015)
Mar 24, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2014-2015)
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