The White House has blocked Anthony Fauci from testifying before the House Appropriations Committee next week
The White House has blocked Anthony Fauci, a key member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, from testifying before the House Appropriations Committee next week, House Democrats said today.
“The Appropriations Committee sought Dr. Anthony Fauci as a witness at next week’s Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee hearing on COVID-19 response. We have been informed by an administration official that the White House has blocked Dr. Fauci from testifying,” said Evan Hollander, a spokesperson for the House Appropriations Committee.Instead, appropriators will hear from Tom Frieden, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Wednesday.
Fauci will likely testify before the Senate the week of May 11, a senior administration official told POLITICO. in pushing out the coronavirus task force’s messaging and in managing the media bookings of government experts like task force coordinator Deborah Birx and Fauci, who serves as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.Wearing a mask is for smug liberals. Refusing to is for reckless Republicans.
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