Senate Democrats are asking the Health and Human Services Department watchdog to investigate President Donald Trump’s recent assertion that he asked his staff to « slow the testing down » for coronavirus.
Senate Democrats are asking the Health and Human Services Department watchdog to investigate President Donald Trump’s recent assertion that he asked his staff to « slow the testing down » for coronavirus.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter to the department’s acting inspector general Monday asking to review all coronavirus testing funding streams and programs « to determine whether any programs have been ‘slowed down’ at the request of President Trump. »
While Congress has passed bipartisan legislation expanding coronavirus testing, they wrote, « it appears, however, that President Trump does not support federal efforts to expand access to COVID-19 tests and has undermined efforts to increase testing.
