Schumer Reiterates Call for Dr. Fauci to Testify Before Congress
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) returned to the Senate Floor on Monday renewing his call to hold hearings with leading health officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci. Although the Senate may have Fauci…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) returned to the Senate Floor on Monday renewing his call to hold hearings with leading health officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Although the Senate may have Fauci testify next week, Schumer is skeptical he will be able to come forward.
“Now they say they may have Fauci next week, but who can believe that given what Mark Meadows said, given the way that they pulled him away from the House?” Schumer said.
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Schumer also tweeted on Monday reiterating his call for Dr. Fauci, among others, to testify before Congress.
Prior to the Senate’s return from recess, Fauci called on Congress to hold hearings with Dr. Birx and Fauci, both members of the White House coronavirus task force, without President Donald Trump “hovering over them,” as IJR previously reported.
Schumer said he would like to ask them about a national testing plan and why it is reportedly not working.
Schumer’s comments come just after the White House on Friday blocked Fauci from testifying before Congress regarding the administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, as IJR previously reported