The Published Reporter WASHINGTON, D.C. – According to an exclusive report by Fox News, Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) has introduced legislation to permanently withhold payments from the United States – and possibly other countries as well – on debts owed to the People’s Republic of China as a form of punishment for the country’s handling and alleged cover-up of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The legislation – introduced Thursday morning – claims that China “actively engaged in a cover-up designed to obfuscate data and hide relevant public health information,” the effects of which continue to “limit efforts to identify the original source of COVID-19.”
The entire world needs to work together to hold China accountable for their role in proliferating the coronavirus pandemic! pic.twitter.com/dAKK0DgzDy
— Rep. Brian Mast (@RepBrianMast) March 12, 2021
China’s first case of COVID-19 was initially detected in November 2019, with doctors noting the first human-to-human transmitted case on December 8, 2019; however, China failed to report this to the World Health Organization until December 31, 2019.
“China’s total lack of transparency and mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak has cost hundreds of thousands of lives, millions of jobs, and left untold economic destruction in the United States,” Mast recently said to Fox News.
