Bipartisan House bills aimed at China on coronavirus origins, letting victims kin sue Beijing
U.S.
bipartisan bills Friday that address the origins of the
coronavirus pandemic and would allow victims families to sue
The first bill, the Made in America Emergency Preparedness Act, would establish a 9/11-style bipartisan commission to investigate how the pandemic started. It is being introduced by five Democrats and five Republicans.
The second bill, dubbed the Never Again International Outbreak Prevention Act, calls for allowing families of coronavirus victims to sue China by stripping sovereign immunity from it and any other countries that have intentionally misled the international community on the outbreak. It will be introduced by U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Conor Lamb, D-Pa.
Two suspects are in custody after the killing of a military doctor and his wife, a retired military nurse, Wednesday in Springfield, Virginia, police say.