Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert, 66, of Texas is canceling plans to travel to his home state with President Trump.
Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus, forcing him to abruptly cancel his plan to travel to his home state with President Trump. The Republican immediately faced criticism from colleagues for shunning masks on Capitol Hill, where face coverings are not mandatory and testing is sparse.
“I think particularly for members of Congress who are going back and forth, they represent sort of the perfect petri dish for how you spread a disease,” said GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri, chairman of the Senate Rules Committee. “You send 535 people out to 535 different locations, on about 1,000 different airplanes, and bring them back and see what happens. It seems to me there’s a better path forward.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tried to encourage mask use, and committees have rules requiring face coverings in hearing rooms. But there’s no mandate for lawmakers to wear masks in hallways or while voting on the floor, and no mechanism for enforcement. Thus, some lawmakers — usually a handful of Republicans — often walk around the Capitol complex without wearing a mask.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , has also pushed the use of masks, and most senators have worn them.
After Gohmert tested positive, Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said Barr would be tested Wednesday. Gohmert did not wear a mask while questioning Barr, but the seats in the hearing room are spaced many feet away from each other and it is common practice to remove masks during questioning.During the hearing with Barr, the committee chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler , chastised some of Gohmert’s GOP colleagues for not wearing masks when they weren’t speaking.
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