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Harris Requires Senators, Guests Submit Negative COVID Tests to Attend Swearing-In Ceremony

Harris Requires Senators, Guests Submit Negative COVID Tests to Attend Swearing-In Ceremony
Vice President Kamala Harris listens during a meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Jeff Louderback
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When the 118th Congress convenes on Jan. 3 and members are sworn in, Vice President Kamala Harris is requiring senators, their spouses, and guests older than 2 to provide a negative COVID-19 test before participating in a photo op.

Grisella Martinez, who’s Harris’s director of legislative affairs, wrote the vice president’s requirements to the Senate sergeant-at-arms, who distributed the message to Senate offices last week.

Jeff Louderback
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Jeff Louderback covers major news and politics, including the Make America Healthy Again movement and regenerative farming. Since joining The Epoch Times in 2022, he has covered national elections, the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign, the East Palestine train derailment, and the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. Jeff has 30-plus years of professional experience as a reporter, editor, and author.
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