BREAKING: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are declining the Trump administration's offer to provide Congress with rapid testing
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday rejected an offer from the Trump administration to provide Congress with rapid results testing, citing the need to direct resources where they are most needed.
The move caps a remarkable few days, with senators deeply anxious about returning to the Capitol amid the pandemic and the White House facing criticism that it was getting better treatment than Congress. President Donald Trump also weighed in Saturday morning saying that “there is tremendous CoronaVirus testing capacity in Washington for the Senators returning to Capital Hill” and that “the 5 minute Abbott Test will be used.”The Trump administration’s offer to provide rapid testing came after Dr. Brian Monahan, Capitol Hill’s attending physician,top GOP officials Thursday that only senators and staffers who were ill would be tested.
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