McConnell and Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California announced in a rare joint statement over the weekend that they were turning down a Trump administration offer for rapid testing capability. Under White House policy, people in close contact with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are tested for the coronavirus on a regular basis.
“Congress is grateful for the Administration’s generous offer to deploy rapid COVID-19 testing capabilities to Capitol Hill, but we respectfully decline the offer at this time,” McConnell and Pelosi had said. “Our country’s testing capacities are continuing to scale up nationwide and Congress wants to keep directing resources to the front-line facilities where they can do the most good the most quickly.”
As of May 4, Washington had a total of 5,170 confirmed cases and 258 deaths.
Alexander, generally a close ally of the majority leader, conceded some lawmakers may be concerned about the appearance that Congress would be putting itself ahead in the testing line if the institution accepted the rapid testing equipment. Alexander said that shouldn’t be an issue, “if you’re giving two million tests a week.”
“He knows my thoughts about that,” Alexander said of McConnell. “What I’ve said to him is that I think those attitudes are going to change very quickly.”
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