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Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Allow Americans to Sue China over COVID-19 Pandemic

Press Release

Date: July 21, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Foreign Affairs Health and Health Care Legal

U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), along with Sens. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), introduced the Civil Justice for Victims of COVID-19 Act. This legislation would allow Americans to sue China in federal court for its role in causing the coronavirus pandemic.

"China must be held accountable for its failure to contain COVID-19," said Rounds. "China's delay in sharing the seriousness of the virus with the rest of the world isn't just negligence--it is criminal in nature. If China would have been transparent from the start, many more lives would have been saved in all parts of the world. Our legislation provides the tools necessary for American citizens to sue the Chinese Communist Party in federal court for financial losses incurred because of COVID-19."


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