'The pattern of spread shows the need for prompt and effective action.' Senators respond to coronavirus, with some concerned the Trump administration is not doing enough to prevent its spread.
Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington said they were told in what was originally designated a classified briefing, but later declassified after senators complained, that “there is a very strong chance of an extremely serious outbreak of coronavirus in the United States.”
Department of Homeland Security acting secretary Chad Wolf testifies on Capitol Hill, Feb. 25, 2020, during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing.“You’re head of Homeland Security. Do we have enough respirators or not?” said Sen. John Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, in one testy exchange with Chad Wolf, acting head of the Department of Homeland Security. He deferred questions on the scope of the crisis and preparedness plans to the Health and Human Services Department.
“This is not the time to try to shortchange the American people… This is the time to step up,” Shelby said. “We have enacted the most aggressive containment measures in the history of our country in terms of our borders,” Azar told a Senate panel. “We should have emergency preparedness, not that we have an emergency in America, but we have to prepare to make sure we don’t,” Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said. “And that's what we're not doing.”
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