Posted on 07/22/2021 2:09:47 PM PDT by gattaca
House Democrats blocked consideration of legislation that would require the U.S. Director of National Intelligence to declassify information and data related to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and that namely targeted what role the Wuhan Institute of Virology played in the outbreak.
In May, the Senate Republican-backed COVID-19 Origin Act was passed unanimously in the Senate. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) brought the Senate bill to the House floor on Tuesday night before Democrats voted it down.
“The best disinfectant is sunlight and that’s what we can provide today,” Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), who helped bring the bill to the House floor, said of the proposal. “The bill first establishes that we must identify the precise origins of COVID-19 because it is critical for preventing a similar pandemic in the future.”
Wenstrup said that the measure is “not controversial by any means” and noted that “not one senator objected” to the legislation when it was up for consideration in the Senate in May.
According to the text of the bill, identifying the origin of COVID-19, caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, is crucial in preventing a similar pandemic in the future from occurring. The bill also noted that Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus even acknowledged in March that more investigation into the theory the virus leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, is warranted.
Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Ill.), another co-sponsor, said Tuesday that the purpose of the bill would require the Director of National Intelligence’s office to declassify “any potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology” and COVID-19. In a tweet, LaHood said Democrats blocked their request.
The final vote on considering the measure was 216 against and 207 in favor.
House Democrats’ action came as CCP officials said they would not comply with a second World Health Organization probe into the pandemic’s origins. For months now, the Chinese regime has said the virus was first transmitted from an animal to a human at a Wuhan wet market, and they’ve denied the pathogen originated from the Wuhan lab.
The vice minister of China’s National Health Commission chief, Zeng Yixin, on Thursday said WHO’s suggestion does “not respect common sense and violated science,” noting further that Beijing “cannot accept this kind of plan for origin-tracing.”
When asked about CCP officials’ comments during a briefing on Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that recent Chinese officials’ comments denying the WHO probe are “dangerous” and “irresponsible.”
“We have certainly seen the [CCP’s] comments, again, rejecting phase two of the WHO study. We are deeply disappointed,” Psaki said. “Their position is irresponsible, and frankly, dangerous. It’s not a time to be stonewalling.”
The Epoch Times has reached out to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s (D-Md.) office for comment about Tuesday’s vote against the measure.
Hegel wept...
Yea, this comes as no surprise to anyone with a brain.
As if the Satanic Deep State Cabal is going to allow us to know the truth about their evil connection to Communist Chinese rats and their virus labs.
As if the Cabal is going to ever allow us to know Fauci’s direct involvement in all of this evil.
As if the Cabal is going to know the true numbers of all those subsequently maimed and killed by their rat-poison “vaccines” as their “scientific” response to this Scamdemic.
May Almighty God Smite them all straight to Hell for all of the murder, mayhem, and ruination they have knowingly and forcefully caused.
In Jesus’ Name,
Amen
Proof that China DOES OWN the DemonRat party.
TRUMPRID-19
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This.
Democrats have been in bed with the Chinese for years - not just that whore-monger Eric Swalwell ...
Agreeing in prayer, that the history of this bio-weapon, the “vaccine”, and all of its sponsors will be fully disclosed.
We pray for truth, that people will comprehend the evil.
We pray that people will get the gift of discernment, that they will see through the propaganda.
Finally, we pray that people will understand that the answer is in Jesus Christ.
Amen
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