House Democrats Block Bill to Declassify Intel on COVID Origins

[oeb11]

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spence...-bill-n2592839


By a vote of 216 to 207 Tuesday evening, Democrats in the House of Representatives blocked consideration of a bill that would require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information related to the origins of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, specifically information about any role the Wuhan Institute of Virology may have played in the pandemic's outbreak.
The COVID-19 Origin Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Mike Braun (R-IN) and passed unanimously in May.
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) brought the COVID-19 Origin Act to the House floor for consideration with Reps. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Darin LaHood (R-IL) explaining its importance shortly before Democrats voted down the measure Tuesday night.
"The best disinfectant is sunlight and that's what we can provide today," Wenstrup explained of the COVID-19 Origin Act. "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."
"I cannot stress enough that this bill is not controversial by any means," Wenstrup continued. "In fact, it passed the Senate in May with unanimous consent — not one senator objected. Not Senators Ted Cruz or Rand Paul, not Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren. If those four members can get on board with this bill, should not we be able to do the same?"
Rep. LaHood further explained the legislation's purpose, saying it "would require the Biden administration Director of National Intelligence to declassify intelligence information related to any potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology — also known as the Wuhan lab — and the origins of COVID-19 in order to better prepare and avoid future pandemics."
"The bottom line is Americans deserve a full accounting of the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic," he added.
When he introduced the Senate version of the COVID-19 Origin Act in April, Senator Hawley noted that "for over a year, anyone asking questions about the Wuhan Institute if Virology has been branded as a conspiracy theorist," adding "the world needs to know if this pandemic was the product of negligence at the Wuhan lab but the [Chinese Communist Party] has done everything it can to block a credible investigation. That's why the Biden administration must declassify what it knows about the Wuhan lab and Beijing's attempts to cover up the origin of the pandemic."



just as terrifying to fsacist DPST's as uncovering their Voter fraud and Bills to kill Election Integrity in america - they cover-up their involvement with comrade Xi in teh Wuhan virus fiasco

Fauci supported with millions the Wuhan institute - and is being protected by the fascist DPST party of disinformation.

another DPST cover-up - and theiri idoctrinated minions care not that they give Comrade Xi a pass for killing millions across teh world.



Typical fascist lying, DPST marxists!

[texassapper]

one more reason to suspect that the Democrat leadership was involved in the release of the ChiCom virus. They spent 2019 preparing PA and The US in general for widespread mail in voting. Pretty coincidental that a virus HAPPENED to escape from a location in China that the US Taxpayers were funding. There's just too much stink from their behaviour for it to have been all above board.

And now they want to block the taxpayers from knowing what our Intel services knew? Why? Apparently transparency is for suckers.

[Strokey_McDingDong]

Only ones to blame are free speech platforms and D O N A L D T R U M P

[winn dixie]

Massive cover-up! Rand Paul will sleuth these liars out!

[The_Waco_Kid]

the wet market people! The WHO and Dr. FrankenFauci said so! nothing to see here! meanwhile Congress wastes millions on "the insurrection".

[Yoyoma]

You guys post something that is worthwhile and interesting and then you kill the momentum with all of those stupid ass marxist, fauxi, cover-up bullshit. Most articles indicate the WH asked intel and other agencies to come up with a definitive answer by the end of summer as there are 2 competing narratives and neither with 100% confidence.

In addition, revealing "any and all" information on the subject matter could reveal intelligence sources and methods. That being said, I'm all for proper disclosure done the right way. Let's see what happens by Sept 2021. This is political grandstanding.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/0...n-biden-490956

[The_Waco_Kid]

Originally Posted by Yoyoma

You guys post something that is worthwhile and interesting and then you kill the momentum with all of those stupid ass marxist, fauxi, cover-up bullshit.

You crap on top of your own message.

if you say so

[oeb11]

Hmmm - Politico is a worthless farleftist radical communist rag

Not worth an electron of bandwidth.