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Pelosi blocks transparency in COVID investigation

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Anyone seen the reasoning on this?

It passed the Senate without a dissent.

House Democrats on Tuesday blocked a GOP bill which would require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information related to the US government's investigations into the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic - and in particular, what role the Wuhan Institute of Virology may have played in the outbreak.

The bill failed in the House by a vote of 216 - 207.

As The Federalist notes, "House Democrats’ vote against transparency comes just days after the World Health Organization urged China to cooperate with their second inquiry into the virus’s origins, citing previous difficulty working with the communist regime when China refused to share raw patient data with the WHO during the first round of investigations.
 
Maybe would expose agents and techniques used to gather the info?
 
Anyone seen the reasoning on this?

It passed the Senate without a dissent.

House Democrats on Tuesday blocked a GOP bill which would require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information related to the US government's investigations into the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic - and in particular, what role the Wuhan Institute of Virology may have played in the outbreak.

The bill failed in the House by a vote of 216 - 207.

As The Federalist notes, "House Democrats’ vote against transparency comes just days after the World Health Organization urged China to cooperate with their second inquiry into the virus’s origins, citing previous difficulty working with the communist regime when China refused to share raw patient data with the WHO during the first round of investigations.
link to bill so we can see what is in it?
 
link to bill so we can see what is in it?

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A BILL
To require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of COVID–19, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “COVID–19 Origin Act of 2021”.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:

(1) The Department of State released a fact sheet on January 15, 2021, about the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) which stated the following:

(A) “The U.S. government has reason to believe that several researchers inside the WIV became sick in autumn 2019, before the first identified case of the outbreak, with symptoms consistent with both COVID–19 and common seasonal illnesses.”.

(B) “WIV researchers conducted experiments involving RaTG13, the bat coronavirus identified by the WIV in January 2020 as its closest sample to SARS-CoV-2.”.

(C) “Despite the WIV presenting itself as a civilian institution, the United States has determined that the WIV has collaborated on publications and secret projects with China's military.”.

(2) Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert Redfield, stated in March 2021 that, “the most likely etiology of this pathogen in Wuhan was from a laboratory” and noted that, “t is not unusual for respiratory pathogens that are being worked on in a laboratory to infect the laboratory worker.”.

(3) Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus acknowledged in March 2021 that the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) may have originated in a laboratory and said this hypothesis “requires further investigation, potentially with additional missions involving specialist experts.”.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) identifying the origin of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) is critical for preventing a similar pandemic from occurring in the future;

(2) there is reason to believe the COVID–19 pandemic may have originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology; and

(3) the Director of National Intelligence should declassify and make available to the public as much information as possible about the origin of COVID–19 so the United States and like-minded countries can—
(A) identify the origin of COVID–19 as expeditiously as possible, and

(B) use that information to take all appropriate measures to prevent a similar pandemic from occurring again.

SEC. 4. DECLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION RELATED TO THE ORIGIN OF COVID–19.

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall—
(1) declassify any and all information relating to potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19), including—

(A) activities performed by the Wuhan Institute of Virology with or on behalf of the People’s Liberation Army;

(B) coronavirus research or other related activities performed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology prior to the outbreak of COVID–19; and

(C) researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology who fell ill in autumn 2019, including for any such researcher—
(i) the researcher’s name;
(ii) the researcher’s symptoms;
(iii) the date of the onset of the researcher’s symptoms;
(iv) the researcher’s role at the Wuhan Institute of Virology;
(v) whether the researcher was involved with or exposed to coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology;
(vi) whether the researcher visited a hospital while they were ill; and
(vii) a description of any other actions taken by the researcher that may suggest they were experiencing a serious illness at the time; and

(2) submit to Congress an unclassified report that contains—

(A) all of the information described under paragraph (1); and

(B) only such redactions as the Director determines necessary to protect sources and methods.
 
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I assume Nan objected to Section 4 (2)(B).

There's undoubtedly a money trail that would be embarrassing to someone close to Nan.
 
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Oh, I think I can figure it out.
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I am tired of politics in America. We elect politicians to Washington to represent us and to work together to help improve our lives. The partisan politics that takes place on both sides as they refuse to work together is frustrating and gets nothing accomplished. Hopefully, the adults in the room will step up and take charge (if there are any).
 
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A BILL
To require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of COVID–19, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “COVID–19 Origin Act of 2021”.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:

(1) The Department of State released a fact sheet on January 15, 2021, about the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) which stated the following:

(A) “The U.S. government has reason to believe that several researchers inside the WIV became sick in autumn 2019, before the first identified case of the outbreak, with symptoms consistent with both COVID–19 and common seasonal illnesses.”.

(B) “WIV researchers conducted experiments involving RaTG13, the bat coronavirus identified by the WIV in January 2020 as its closest sample to SARS-CoV-2.”.

(C) “Despite the WIV presenting itself as a civilian institution, the United States has determined that the WIV has collaborated on publications and secret projects with China's military.”.

(2) Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert Redfield, stated in March 2021 that, “the most likely etiology of this pathogen in Wuhan was from a laboratory” and noted that, “t is not unusual for respiratory pathogens that are being worked on in a laboratory to infect the laboratory worker.”.

(3) Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus acknowledged in March 2021 that the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) may have originated in a laboratory and said this hypothesis “requires further investigation, potentially with additional missions involving specialist experts.”.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) identifying the origin of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) is critical for preventing a similar pandemic from occurring in the future;

(2) there is reason to believe the COVID–19 pandemic may have originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology; and

(3) the Director of National Intelligence should declassify and make available to the public as much information as possible about the origin of COVID–19 so the United States and like-minded countries can—
(A) identify the origin of COVID–19 as expeditiously as possible, and

(B) use that information to take all appropriate measures to prevent a similar pandemic from occurring again.

SEC. 4. DECLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION RELATED TO THE ORIGIN OF COVID–19.

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall—
(1) declassify any and all information relating to potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19), including—

(A) activities performed by the Wuhan Institute of Virology with or on behalf of the People’s Liberation Army;

(B) coronavirus research or other related activities performed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology prior to the outbreak of COVID–19; and

(C) researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology who fell ill in autumn 2019, including for any such researcher—
(i) the researcher’s name;
(ii) the researcher’s symptoms;
(iii) the date of the onset of the researcher’s symptoms;
(iv) the researcher’s role at the Wuhan Institute of Virology;
(v) whether the researcher was involved with or exposed to coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology;
(vi) whether the researcher visited a hospital while they were ill; and
(vii) a description of any other actions taken by the researcher that may suggest they were experiencing a serious illness at the time; and

(2) submit to Congress an unclassified report that contains—

(A) all of the information described under paragraph (1); and

(B) only such redactions as the Director determines necessary to protect sources and methods.
Thank you for the link.

On the surface I see no reason to not pass this bill. Now let me ask this, when the requested information is released do you think it will used by Hawley and repubs for political reasons or to set up an actual mechanism to better the situation?
 
Well it sure helped convince 81 million folks vote the way they were supposed to.
Am I saying it right?
 
Thank you for the link.

On the surface I see no reason to not pass this bill. Now let me ask this, when the requested information is released do you think it will used by Hawley and repubs for political reasons or to set up an actual mechanism to better the situation?
Has to be Hawley. Dems wouldn't ever use it...right?
 
Thank you for the link.

On the surface I see no reason to not pass this bill. Now let me ask this, when the requested information is released do you think it will used by Hawley and repubs for political reasons or to set up an actual mechanism to better the situation?
So you think Nancy's motive in hiding the truth is political?
 
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Considering the dems are trying to block it I don't understand your post. Hawley is the bill originator by the way. I didn't just pick his name out of the air.
I know. I was thinking of how the Dems attempt to turn everything on the R's. Like blaming them for the defunding the police efforts.
 
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Unless/until she gives us a public reason for blocking it one could correctly call it political. Now please address my question to you.
Do I think a politician might use information for a political purpose?
Would that the first time, last time, or like every other goddamn time in your life?
Dumb question, in case you hadn't realized it yet.
Of course they will.

Not sure why Nancy thinks its a politically winning move to conceal what our intelligence agencies have learned about this.
Who does that protect?
Who is she working for?
 
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Would that the first time, last time, or like every other goddamn time in your life?
Dumb question, in case you hadn't realized it yet.
Of course they will.
Then why the big uproar over the other side blocking it? This is just bau for both sides, correct? Probably a better headline to the thread would be-

Dems & Repubs playing political football with disease that has killed millions worldwide
 
Then why the big uproar over the other side blocking it? This is just bau for both sides, correct? Probably a better headline to the thread would be-

Dems & Repubs playing political football with disease that has killed millions worldwide
My uproar is over Pelosi resisting transparency.
I don't want the government hiding what they know about this.
Particularly in light of the ban on discussing the virus origins that social media were engaged in at this time last year.
 
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