House Oversight Democrats request information from White House after 'multiple missteps' in coronavirus testing
by Madison Dibble
| March 19, 2020 04:37 PM
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform demanded documentation from the Trump administration that details the "multiple missteps" that took place when rolling out the coronavirus test kits.
In a letter sent Thursday, the committee reiterated its request from March 3 for documentation from the White House about its response to the coronavirus but noted that they had limited the request to address only the administration's handling of the production and distribution of coronavirus test kits.
"Although the Administration has promised that testing will be more widely available, these delays prevent health officials across the country from determining the true scope of the crisis now—when it matters most. These claims also directly contradict multiple prior claims by President Trump that the testing program is having no problems at all," the committee wrote.
It later added, "Given that the Administration’s Response Plan does not contain plans for addressing the testing shortage, the Committee is narrowing its previous request to a limited set of information relating to that topic — which is the most urgent and, presumably, should be the most easily accessible."
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