Schumer, Klobuchar Push for CCP Virus Testing Program at Senate Complex

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks as Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) listen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol August 4, 2020 in Washington, DC. Senate Democrats held a weekly news conference to answer questions from members of the press. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images

Key Democrats on the Rules Committee on Wednesday called for stricter measures to prevent spread of the CCP virus in the Senate complex, calling for a testing program.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced a resolution that would require implementing the CDC’s social distancing and mask-wearing guidelines in Senate office buildings and in the Senate-side of the Capitol, and a “robust” testing and contact-tracing program.