GOP Senator Blocks Resolution Asking for the Release of CDC Guidelines

Sen. 👤Mike braun (R-Ind.) blocked a Democratic resolution that would have called for the release of the reopening guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) pushed for the release of the CDC guidelines during a Senate session on Wednesday, saying, “I wish President Trump and his aides could be trusted to tell the American people the truth about this public health crisis.”

Schumer was arguing for the release of the CDC’s re-opening guidelines amid reports that the White House guidelines are less restrictive than those put together by the CDC.

“I wish President Trump and his aides could be trusted to tell the American people the truth about this public health crisis. … The point is that America needs and must have the candid guidance of our best scientists unfiltered, unedited, uncensored by President Trump or his political minion,” Schumer said.

But Braun argued that Schumer is “really trying to let career regulators and agencies like the CDC bog down the economy again with Bureaucratic hurdles.”

He also argued, “The White House task force have been beyond transparent in the midst of this outbreak, indeed holding unprecedented amount of daily press briefings and allowing a free flow of information that has been central to the White House’s re-opening efforts.”