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.
