; Whereas, in December 2019 and early 2020, Chinese Communist Party officials initially sought to cover up the outbreak and have not been sufficiently transparent with the global community regarding the emergence and initial spread of SARS–CoV–2; Whereas Chinese Communist Party officials have spread disinformation to cast doubt on the facts surrounding the emergence and initial spread of SARS–CoV–2; Whereas Chinese Communist Party officials have suggested, without evidence and in opposition to the widespread views of the medical community, that the United States Army brought SARS–CoV–2 to China; Whereas in response to SARS–CoV–2, the People’s Republic of China has taken steps to curtail the wildlife trade, and the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market has been closed; Whereas these steps have allowed for the continued exploitation of wildlife for several nonfood purposes; Whereas there have been reports that wet markets for livestock have been allowed to reopen in China; and Whereas the People’s Republic of China ordered the closure of live wildlife markets following the SARS outbreak, but allowed their reopening as it subsided, leading to another outbreak of SARS later that year: Now, therefore, be it