White House noncommittal on bill that would declassify COVID-19 origins intelligence

THe White House Friday’s noncommittal vote on President Barack Obama’s fate was not made. Joe Biden I would sign a bill to declassify information about COVID-19’s origins.

The House Unanimously passed The bill was introduced earlier in the morning, and not one legislator voted. “no.” However, a press secretary is required Karine Jean Pierre It is not known if Biden will sign it.

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“We will continue to use every tool to figure out what happened here while also protecting classified information,” She said. “We’re going to take a look at the bill. I just don’t have anything to share on how we’re going to move forward at this time.”

The COVID OriginsAct This would make it impossible to Biden administration To It will declassify all the information it has gathered On the origins and spread of COVID-19, lawmakers are pondering whether the virus is a natural product or a product of a Wuhan lab leak.

This legislation is a marked departure from the days when the laboratory leak hypothesis was dismissed by conspiracy theories. The nation’s 18 intelligence services have stated that both theories are true. plausibleYet, the debate continues to divide scientific and intelligence communities.

After being unanimously approved by the Senate on March 1, the bill was passed in the House with a 419 to 0 vote. The White House could have published the information but has not done so. Biden could not veto the legislation if there was a unanimous vote.

The bill received overwhelming support from the House floor. However, Democrats and Republicans had a lengthy debate before they cast their votes. Many Republicans blamed the Chinese government and some U.S. officials in their speeches.