‘[M]y 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.
The hesitation comes after the 'COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023,' first introduced in the Senate by Republican U.S Sen. Josh Hawley Missouri, achieved unanimous approval from both chambers of Congress in the past weeks.
Lawmakers misrepresented a bill requiring the declassification of documents related to the origins of COVID-19, according to several experts who warned that contrary to what the public was told, the legislation limits the types of documents the government must declassify — and that raises questions about the bill’s real intent.