GOP Senators Call for Hearing on Nursing Home Deaths in States With Democratic Governors
Posted on AllSides August 15th, 2021
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Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are urging the chairman and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to hold a hearing into whether governors of blue states “violated the civil rights of seniors by sending individuals with COVID-19 to nursing home facilities.”
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) penned a letter to Durbin along with Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.).
The senators argued, “Congressional oversight is needed to ensure the...
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