Forbes: “The U.S. Senate on Monday unanimously approved a bill to require the federal government to declassify information about any links between China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology and Covid-19 following reporting by the Wall Street Journal that three researchers at the lab were hospitalized with Covid-like symptoms in November 2019. The bill requires the Director of National Intelligence to declassify ‘any and all information’ about links between the lab and the virus within 90 days. The bill also calls for the DNI to make ‘as much information as possible’ about the origin of the virus publicly available, in order to identify the origin ‘as expeditiously as possible.'”
“Introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and cosponsored by Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), the bill passed Wednesday night by unanimous consent, meaning no senator objected. While support has grown among Democratic lawmakers to investigate the origins of Covid-19, House leaders have not yet said whether it will get a vote in the lower chamber and the White House hasn’t said if President Joe Biden will sign it. Forbes has reached out to the White House, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s office for comment.”