Administration officials won't testify before Congress in remote hearings, White House says.
pandemic. The GOP-held Senate has repeatedly returned to Washington to vote with new social distancing measures in place, though some committee hearings have taken place virtually.
"The Administration is willing to make accommodations, but only when Congress is similarly willing to make accommodations, including agreeing to appear in person," the letter reads."We also remain cognizant of social distancing guidelines and instances where witnesses will need to participate virtually as a result of quarantine, and we will review those on a case-by-case basis.
PHOTO: In this file photo taken on May 22, 2019, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin testifies during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. PHOTO: In this file photo taken on May 22, 2019, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin testifies during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.The notice said that no cabinet-level senior administration official, member of the coronavirus task force or the administration's coronavirus vaccine initiative is permitted to accept hearing invitations without approval from White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
"The Administration must continue to maintain its highest operational status to stop the spread and to reopen our economy. Every single agency continues to play a role in the response and this singular focus must continue," the White House wrote in the memo.
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