More than 20 Democratic senators sent a letter on Monday to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) saying that the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases on Capitol Hill requires increased testing for all those working there.
Led by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and signed by 24 senators, the letter read, “With 123 positive cases amongst Legislative Branch employees or contractors, it is critical that everyone has access to and the assurance of strong testing protocols to prevent the unidentified spread that has occurred in several instances over the past few months. Failing to provide this testing puts everybody within the Capitol complex at risk.”
