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The Li Wenliang (李文亮) Global Public Health Accountability Act would sanction any Senior Foreign Official who conceals information—including through forced detentions and disappearances—about the outbreak of a pandemic, including COVID-19.

On December 30, 2019 Dr. Li Wenliang (李文亮), warned his medical school classmates of an outbreak of an unknown SARS-like virus over WeChat.

Wuhan’s Public Security Bureau detained, questioned and forced Dr. Li Wenliang to sign a letter confessing he made ‘‘false comments’’ that ‘‘severely disturbed the social order’’.

On February 7, 2020 Dr. Li Wenliang (李文亮) died of a severe case of COVID–19.

A study published in March indicated that if Chinese authorities had acted three weeks earlier, the number of coronavirus cases could have been reduced by 95% and its geographic spread limited.

By suppressing critical public health information, officials abroad have demonstrated they care more about maintaining their grip on power than the health and wellbeing of the world population. This bill will change that by ensuring these cronies will not see the perks provided by their corruption.

By passing this bill today we will honor Dr. Li Wenliang (李文亮), set the global standard for transparency, and crack down on corruption and human rights abuses. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation.

I urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question so that we can consider my bill.