Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell declined a White House offer to make rapid COVID-19 tests available for Congress. “Congress wants to keep directing resources to the front-line facilities where they can do the most good the most quickly,” they said.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wears a mask on Capitol Hill on April 30. Members in the House will not return over coronavirus fears but the Senate is scheduled to return on Monday.Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wears a mask on Capitol Hill on April 30. Members in the House will not return over coronavirus fears but the Senate is scheduled to return on Monday.
"Congress is grateful for the Administration's generous offer to deploy rapid COVID-19 testing capabilities to Capitol Hill, but we respectfully decline the offer at this time," Pelosi and McConnell said."Our country's testing capacities are continuing to scale up nationwide and Congress wants to keep directing resources to the front-line facilities where they can do the most good the most quickly.
McConnell, R-Ky., plans to bring the Senate back into session on Monday, while Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said this week theon Twitter that the Trump administration would send three Abbott"point of care testing machines and 1,000 tests for their use" to Capitol Hill.:"No reason to turn it down, except politics. We have plenty of testing. Maybe you need a new Doctor over there.
Pelosi and Hoyer said they made the decision based on advice from the Capitol's attending physician, Brian Monahan."The House physician's view was that there was a risk to members that was one he would not recommend taking," Hoyer said Tuesday., seven members have tested positive or presumed to be positive for the coronavirus.urging lawmakers and staff to maintain six feet of distance, limit the number of people in offices and to wear masks when possible.
Monahan has told Republican leaders that his office does not have the capacity to proactively test all 100 senators and can only test those who are ill,
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