First US Congressman Dies from Virus, Wright Actively Supports Stage Before Death International | Key news

(Washington Central News Agency reporter Xu Weiting on the 8th) US Congressman Wright passed away from the epidemic on the 7th. He was the first current US Congressman to die from the COVID-19 disease. Wright actively supported Taiwan throughout his life. He wrote to criticize the WHO for excluding Taiwan. He also publicly supported the US arms sale to Taiwan and bilateral FTA negotiations.

Republican Representative Ron Wright has been in contact with a patient with a confirmed case of COVID-19, has been quarantined since the 15th of last month and announced his diagnosis on the 21st of the same month. He said at the time that he had mild symptoms and would continue to work for the voters.

However, this morning, Wright’s office announced through a statement that Wright had passed away on the 7th, at the age of 67, and revealed that Wright and his wife had been hospitalized due to infection in the last two weeks.

Wright was the first current US Congressman to die from the disease; According to The Hill, Wright was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019 and has been receiving treatment for the past several years. On December 29 of last year, Luke Letlow, the Republican congressman-elect representing Louisiana, died from the epidemic a few days before taking office, living to the age of 41.

Wright was reelected in November of last year. During his more than two years as a member of the House of Representatives, he had signed and supported several bills that supported Taiwan, including the “Taipei Law” (known as the TAIPEI Act from the initials of his full name), which helped to Taiwan to consolidate diplomatic relations and the promotion of the United States. The “Taiwan Guarantee Law” which normalizes the sale of arms to Taiwan, etc.

In addition to supporting Taiwan through legislative action, Wright has also spoken out in favor of Taiwan’s international involvement on many occasions and has publicly called on the US government to negotiate a free trade agreement (FTA) with Taiwan.

A few days before the World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting in May last year, Wright joined more than 200 members of the House of Representatives and wrote a letter to the Secretary-General of the World Health Organization ( WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, supporting Taiwan’s Participation in the WHA as an observer. At the time, he tweeted that the WHO’s continued exclusion of Taiwan from the WHA was outrageous and that “Taiwan deserves a spot.”

Additionally, in December of last year, Wright also sent a letter to then-US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with several congressmen, requesting that the US Representative Office be renamed “Taiwan Representative Office. “(Taiwan Representative Office) and update restrictions on the United States and Taiwan. “Criteria for exchanges with Taiwan” and support for the negotiation and signing of the FTA between the United States and Taiwan. (Editing: Zhang Youzhi) 1100209

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