GOP Panel Threatens to Subpoena Teacher’s Union Leader Randi Weingarten in COVID Policy Probe

GOP Panel Threatens to Subpoena Teacher’s Union Leader Randi Weingarten in COVID Policy Probe
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) speaks during a news conference following a weekly House Republican caucus conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 19, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Joseph Lord
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Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are threatening to subpoena American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten as part of an investigation into remote learning policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, chaired by Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), is a panel under the House Oversight Committee leading the GOP investigation into “the societal impact of decisions to close schools, how the decisions were made, and whether there is evidence of widespread learning loss or other negative effects as a result of these decisions.”