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On the recordMarch 3, 2020
I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to; the Cotton amendment at the desk to the preamble be considered and agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 497) was agreed to. The amendment (No. 1460) was agreed to as follows: (Purpose: To amend the preamble) In the second whereas clause of the preamble, strike ``on December 1, 2019'' and insert ``in early December 2019''. Strike the ninth whereas clause of the preamble and insert the following: Whereas the people of China expressed their grief and anger on social media after the death of Dr. Li with the phrase ``I want freedom of speech,'' which was swiftly censored by the Government of the People's Republic of China; The preamble, as amended, was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, as amended, reads as follows: S. Res. 497 Whereas Dr. Li Wenliang was a 34-year-old ophthalmologist working in Wuhan, China; Whereas research indicates that the first patient infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) exhibited symptoms in early December 2019; Whereas, in December 2019, Dr. Li notified his associates in the medical community in China about the outbreak of 2019- nCoV; Whereas, after raising concerns about the spread of 2019- nCoV, Dr.…
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska
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Mar 3, 2020

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