House Minority Whip Steve Scalise weighs in on 'Fox & Friends' about lawmakers' push for coronavirus testing on Capitol Hill.
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Speaker Pelosi has shown zero
willingness to even talk about
what a testing regime could look
like
this isnt just about members of
Congress,
its a tragedy that Speaker
Pelosi has decided not to
implement some of the things
that we have even researched for
her to be able to do
Jedediah. That was the top
Republican on the House
Administration Committee, calling
on Speaker Pelosi to implement
coronavirus test for lawmakers
on Capitol Hill.
This comes after two republican
senators, Thom Tillis and MIKE
Lee joined the president in
testing positive for Covid 19
joining us now Louisiana,
congressman and House Minority
WHIP, Steve Scalise
congressman welcome to the
show.
So you know I listen to that,
and it seems like a no brainer
to me that everyone, regardless
of your political ideology,
would want testing for senators
for members of the house for
staffing for staffers, for
everyone who comes into contact
with people in the capitol
whats. The holdup here
right and a good morning
good to be with you,
Congressman Davis is exactly
correct.
I mean these protocols have been
out there and the testing
capabilitiescapabilities have be
for a long time.
They were offered to the speaker
and she turned it down-
think its something that should
have been in Congress Sphosh a
few weeks now, ultimately thats.
What the speaker decided to do.
Jedediah, yeah and the question
is: if she turned it down, is
there somewhere else to go to
get this confirmed
if her office is not replying to
calls? This seems like a
necessity, particularly with the
news front and center with the
presidents positive test, result
shining light on this even more.
I want to get to the Scotus
nomination. Now the g dot op is
vowing to press on with that
nomination.
Some democrats have pushed back
one of the concerns that has
been expressed. I was reading a
good article in the national
review this morning is Senator
MIKE Lee, who has tested positive
and was at Judiciary Committee
meeting just a few days ago. I
believe it was on Thursday,
and there was some concern about
contact he may have had with
other senators.
Is this a concern of yours and
how do you see this playing out?
Well? First of all, there are
hearings going on in Congress.
Every day
we had one yesterday in a select
committee im on
some Mexico were there in
person
some members met. Virtually
those capabilities have been in
place throughout this whole
pandemic.
You know, one of the things you
have got to watch is that, as you
see Democrats going to selected
states trying to change state
laws, not in their legislature
but in their courts, they are
trying to push this election
into the courts.
If thats the case, then do you
really want a 4, 4 Supreme Court
thats? Why its so important
that as we approach this
election, if the Democrats
continue to push more election
decisions into the courts, then
that means you need to have
courts that are capable of
handling case.
You dont want a supreme court
that could be divided in an
election like this thats. So
important
congressman remains to be
seen how this will unfold.
Transcript generated on 2020-10-17.