Tue Mar 21, 2023 – 4:01 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed a bipartisan bill introduced by Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri to require the federal government to declassify documents related to the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak.
“In implementing this legislation, my administration will declassify and share as much of that information as possible, consistent with my constitutional authority to protect against the disclosure of information that would harm national security,” Biden said in a statement, according to media reports.
Responding to the news Monday, Sen. Hawley called the implementation of the law a “victory for transparency,” adding it’s “time for accountability.”
Huge victory for transparency. Now time for accountability
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 20, 2023
The president’s go-ahead came after the “COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023” achieved unanimous approval from both chambers of Congress in the past weeks.
The U.S. Senate had unanimously passed the bill on March 1, and the House passed its version in another unanimous vote March 10. Since Biden didn’t preemptively suggest he would veto the bill, it was expected to become law following its approval by the House.
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