Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), co-sponsor of a bill that would require the Biden administration to declassify all intelligence and documentation related to the origins of COVID-19, said “it’s past time” to show the American people what the government has.
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would require the Biden administration to declassify all intelligence and documentation related to the origins of COVID-19.
The COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 was introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.). It passed via unanimous consent, as proposed by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio).
Congress uses unanimous consent to quickly decide issues without taking a vote.
According to Fox News, the legislation also would require the Biden administration and the director of national intelligence to declassify all intelligence related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the epicenter of the “lab-leak theory” of the virus’s origin.
The bill will now go to the House of Representatives, where the Republican majority has indicated they will pass the bill.
House Democrats oppose the bill, arguing the executive branch, and not the legislative branch, should make decisions concerning the declassification of intelligence documents.
This bill previously passed the Senate in May 2021, according to Politico. At the time, the House never acted on it.
In a tweet, Hawley wrote:
Tonight the Senate UNANIMOUSLY passed my bill to declassify all the intelligence the government has on #covid origins. Let the people see the truth!
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 2, 2023
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