US Congress declines Trump's offer of COVID-19 testing at Capitol Hill

Congress Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell have jointly rejected offer by US President Donald Trump’s administration for testing all lawmakers of coronavirus at Capitol Hill. Amid global health crisis, while Pelosi and McConnell think it is best if resources that United States has, shall be diverted to front-line facilities, Trump sees “ reason” to decline offer. However, US President thinks it would give “Crazy Pelosi” yet ar chance to t be present for work. joint statement by both Pelosi and McConnell was issued on May 2 saying that testing should remain available where it “can do most good most quickly”. 

official statement read, “Congress is grateful for Administration’s generous offer to deploy rapid COVID-19 testing capabilities to Capitol Hill, but we respectfully decline offer at this time.”

“Our country’s testing capacities are continuing to scale up nationwide and Congress wants to keep directing resources to front-line facilities where y can do most good most quickly,” it added.

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