Republican senators want President Trump to impose sanctions on China to hold the country accountable for the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

Sens. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi, Mike Braun of Indiana, Rick Scott of Florida, Steve Daines of Montana, Todd Young of Indiana, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, and Roger Wicker of Mississippi co-sponsored a bill that would authorize the president to impose a series of penalties against China if the country does not fully cooperate with any investigation into the COVID-19 virus outbreak, which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, led by the United States and its allies or a United Nations affiliate, such as the World Health Organization.