Lawmakers have put forward bills and resolutions that would enable Americans to seek damages from the Chinese government.
On December 31, China alerted the WHO to cases of pneumonia. It took until January 12 to publicly share the genetic sequence of COVID-19, and at around the same time the country's authorities were still falsely maintaining that there was"no clear evidence" of human-to-human transmission of COVID-19.
Several have suggested that China should be told to pay some form of direct compensation to countries and individuals, with Sen. Josh Hawley and Rep. Elise Stefanik putting forward a resolution last month thatinto China's"lies and actions" as well as payments for the harm caused by its initial cover-up. The resolution was co-sponsored by Republican Sens. Martha McSally of Arizona, John Cornyn of Texas and Tom Cotton of Arkansas.
Rep. Mike Gallagher speaks during a news briefing after a House Republican Conference meeting on May 22, 2018.He later added:"Now what the mechanism is for that compensation, I don't yet know. But at the very least, we cannot allow them to get away with the lies in the propaganda that we're seeing on social media."
"I think we ought to hold them accountable for the losses we've all incurred and the deaths that have been incurred," he told Newsweek."I think China has to be financially held accountable." "And I think certainly when it comes to the future of healthcare, telecommunications and 5G internet, we can't be dependent."
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