GOP Lawmakers Unveil Bill to Sanction Chinese Health Officials Over COVID-19 Origins

A pair of Republican lawmakers on June 15 unveiled a bill that seeks to sanction top Chinese health officials and hold the communist regime accountable until an independent probe into whether COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan lab is allowed.

U.S. House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) speaks during a news conference at the U.S Capitol in Washington on June 15, 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images

A pair of Republican lawmakers unveiled a bill on June 15 that seeks to sanction top Chinese health officials and hold the communist regime accountable until it allows an independent probe into whether COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan lab.

The World Deserves to Know Act (pdf), introduced by Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Robert Wittman (R-Va.), aims to hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for “their intellectual property theft, multiple human rights abuses” until there’s an independent and unimpeded investigation into the origins of COVID-19.