{"id":1212757,"date":"2022-01-12T23:04:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T04:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1212757"},"modified":"2022-01-12T23:04:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T04:04:28","slug":"republicans-introduce-bill-to-sanction-china-for-obstruction-of-covid-origins-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-introduce-bill-to-sanction-china-for-obstruction-of-covid-origins-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Introduce Bill to Sanction China for &#039;Obstruction of COVID Origins Investigation&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-introduce-bill-to-sanction-china-for-obstruction-of-covid-origins-investigation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1212757&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Shi-Zhengli-wuhan-lab-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and more than a dozen other GOP lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/public\/_cache\/files\/8e3ee331-5dfa-42fd-b12b-40c045f78daf\/DD4E7C5132EB5412F27EF97927600461.ros22017.pdf\">introduced a bill<\/a> on Tuesday that would sanction Beijing for its \u201ccontinued obstruction of a COVID origins investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubio said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm?p=Press-Releases&amp;id=8890A687-CC21-45A5-84C9-96BA0E78A5E9\">statement:<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>For two years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has stonewalled all efforts to uncover the true origins of COVID-19.&nbsp;We know the virus originated in China, however, the CCP\u2019s attempts to obfuscate the truth has led to countless deaths and needless suffering worldwide. It is clear that Beijing will only respond to concerted pressure from the United States and the international community. My bill will force the CCP to the table.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The bill reportedly builds off of Rubio\u2019s previously proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/BILLS-117s2148is\/pdf\/BILLS-117s2148is.pdf\">COVID Act of 2021<\/a>&nbsp;by adding more sanctions again Chinese officials \u201cwho were involved in concealing the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in China from the international community\u2026\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm?p=Press-Releases&amp;id=8890A687-CC21-45A5-84C9-96BA0E78A5E9\">according<\/a> to his office.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The legislation would authorize sanctions 90 days after its enactment if the CCP fails to allow a \u201ccredible and comprehensive international investigation\u201d into the origins of coronavirus at Wuhan laboratories that \u201cengaged in risky research involving bat coronaviruses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the bill is passed, the president would be enabled to sanction the leadership of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and its affiliated institutes and laboratories, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The president could also suspend federal research across all academic fields \u201cfor studies that involve the CAS\u201d and prohibit gain-of-function virus research between U.S.-based institutions that receive federal funding and People\u2019s Republic of China individuals and institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marsha&nbsp;Blackburn (R-TN), who joined the bill, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party\u2019s deception on COVID origins has come at the expense of American lives. In no way should the United States enable or encourage the dangerous and deceptive practices of these Chinese-state labs, and this legislation will expand on our existing work by formally levying long overdue sanctions against the Chinese Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the bill\u2019s text, sanctions include asset blocking, blocking visas, revoking current visas, and issuing penalties for rule violators.&nbsp;<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party\u2019s inexcusable roadblocks to legitimate scientific investigations of the coronavirus deserve a strong response by the United States and other world leaders,\u201d Sen.&nbsp;<\/span><span>Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) said. \u201cThe sanctions outlined in this legislation could finally prompt the CCP to help us understand the origins of a health pandemic that started in China and that continues its global rampage today.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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