- President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a bill requiring the government to declassify intelligence related to the possible origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- His signature follows the House and Senate unanimously voting in favor the measure, a rare moment of bipartisan consensus.
- The vote tallies meant that the measure would likely have survived a presidential veto had Biden opted to withhold his signature.
- “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 vowed.
- Of particular interest to Republicans are materials related to the theory that the virus originated as the result of a lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where scientists were known to have been researching coronaviruses.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 28: U.S. President Joe Biden gives remarks during a meeting on the U.S. Economy with CEOs and members of his Cabinet in the South Court Auditorium of the White House on July 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. During the meeting, President Biden was given a note by an aide which indicated that Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act had received enough yes votes in the House of Representatives to pass the legislation. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
