White House blocks CDC from testifying on reopening schools next week

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(CNN) - The White House is blocking US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield and other officials from the agency from testifying before a House Education and Labor Committee hearing on reopening schools next week, just as the debate over sending children back to classrooms has flared up across the US.

White House officials informed the committee of its decision in an email, a staff member on the House panel told CNN.

"Dr. Redfield has testified on the Hill at least four times over the last three months. We need our doctors focused on the pandemic response," a White House official said, confirming the decision to block the CDC's participation in the hearing.

But a spokesman for the House Education and Labor Committee said the panel had requested testimony from any CDC official, not necessarily Redfield.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/17/politics/white-house-cdc-house-testimony-schools/index.html

[CurtEastPoint]

1. REVOLUTION NOW.

[spanone]

3. It's just your kids, none of your business

there is no more oversight.

trump has destroyed it.

[Nevilledog]

2. Serve the subpoenas immediately.

[dchill]

4. "We are through the looking glass here, people."

[uponit7771]

5. Nothing says its safe to go back into the water by muzzling the life guards

[Arkansas Granny]

6. Gee, I wonder what they are trying to hide. Trump is more than willing to sacrifice

children for the economy. You can bet that none of the children in his family will be headed off to public schools this fall.

[spanone]

8. trump has eliminated congress altogether. Just refuse to go.

crazy crazy crazy

[Ohio Joe]

7. Ummm...

If he is so busy with the pandemic that he can't testify for a few hours... Does that not tell us it's a bad idea to reopen schools?