Carr Endorses Bill to Name Area in Front of Chinese Embassy After Virus Whistleblower
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr endorsed legislation Thursday to name the area in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington in honor of Li Wenliang, the physician who first went public with warnings about the spread of COVID-19 and later died…
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of the virus. Four Republican senators -- Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Marco Rubio of Florida -- filed the Senate version. House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney of Wyoming led the companion. The bills “remind the world that Communist China’s brutal crackdown on free speech exacerbated the spread of COVID-19,” Carr said. Carr has repeatedly drawn attention in recent months for his comments about China (see 2004240045).