“China has been so concerned about this bill on the origins of COVID, communist officials wrote to my previous one this week and demanded that I abandon it,” Hawley wrote.
CHINA WRITES FURIOUS LETTER TO HAWLEY OVER COVID ORIGINS PROJECT PROJECT: ‘POLITICAL MANIPULATION’
Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley has told Chinese President Xi Jinping to explain the origins of COVID-19, as his bill for declassifying data on the origins of the virus arrives at President Biden’s office. (Joseph A. Wulfsohn/Fox News Digital)
“I think I would tell President Xi about today’s approval,” Hawley continued, pointing to the unanimous approval of his bill in the House of Representatives on Friday.
In his Friday letter to Xi, Hawley pointed to the unanimous approval of the bill in the House and Senate and said he knew Xi “very interested in this bill,” adding that “the Chinese president’s own communist officials have written to my workplace is not easy. “Let us abandon him, in his very old sermon, foolish style. “
“But the bill will be soon, unless I can convince President Biden to veto it,” Hawley wrote. “Time has passed. “
“Be transparent about your role in the spread of COVID around the world,” he added.
Hawley’s bill to declassify data on the origins of COVID-19 had been passed unanimously in the Senate in the past.
In his Friday letter to Xi, Hawley pointed to unanimous approval of the bill in the House and Senate and said he knew the Chinese president “very interested in this bill,” adding that “Xi’s own communist officials have written to my workplace is not easy. “Let us abandon him in his same old sermon, silly style. ” (REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)
The invoice will be addressed to Biden’s for signature.
The Chinese government on Wednesday criticized Hawley’s bill for declassifying data on the origin of COVID-19 as an act of “political manipulation” in a letter sent to the lawmaker’s office.
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials sent a three-page letter to Hawley’s office, a copy of which he received via Fox News Digital, accusing the United States of “undermining foreign solidarity” in the fight against the coronavirus. He also repeated Beijing’s argument that the virus may have originated in a North Carolina lab.
The invoice will be addressed to President Biden for signature. (Screenshot/Twitter)
“I am communicating with you to express our grave fear about the ‘COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023’ (S. 619), which falsely claimed that the Covid-19 coronavirus originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, accuses China of blocking foreign research, refusing data percentages and lack of transparency, etc. and directed the Director of National Intelligence to declassify data related to the origin of COVID-19. China firmly opposes and strongly condemns it,” the letter said.
It was written through an official at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D. C. , and addressed to Hawley’s chief of staff.
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The Missouri Republican on Thursday told Fox News Digital that he took China’s angry letter as a sign of encouragement.
“When China is so disappointed by a proposal, you know you’re on the right track,” Hawley told Fox News Digital. responsible for that. “
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