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2020-04-29 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Schumer Demands Oversight Hearings for Trump's ‘Abject Failure' Implementing Coronavirus Relief

[Breitbart] Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday called for oversight hearings as early as next week over what he said is President Trump’s "abject failure" at properly implementing coronavirus relief measures.

"This administration has been an abject failure at implementing most of these laws," Schumer said, outlining his first order of business during a Tuesday appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

Schumer formally made his demand in a statement on Monday, calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Republicans to "immediately begin vigorous and desperately needed oversight of the Trump administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its implementation of the CARES Act":

There must be public Senate hearings, at a minimum, to examine why the United States still does not have adequate testing and why some lenders in the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program have prioritized the applications of their larger and wealthier clients to the detriment of smaller businesses that have oftentimes suffered greater hardship.

Schumer told Morning Joe that lawmakers should "haul in Dr. Birx, Dr. Fauci, Azar, and say ’Why isn’t testing working?’"

He is also calling on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza to testify, particularly regarding Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans going to big businesses.

"All too often it seems the president’s ego is at stake," Schumer said.

While the House will not reconvene next week, the Senate is scheduled to return May 4. McConnell said they will start confirming judges "as soon as we get back in session."

"We need to have hearings, and we need to confirm judges. ... The pandemic will not prevent us from achieving that goal," McConnell said, drawing ire from Schumer:

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-29 08:34|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Schumer and Pelosi are two of the most disgusting impediments to freedom and democracy to every come out of Washington.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-29 09:01|| 2020-04-29 09:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Something is wrong with Pelosi's mind. She's saying absolutely crazy stuff now. Her Botox doc seems to have slipped some mercury into her latest dosage.

Posted by Lex 2020-04-29 09:41|| 2020-04-29 09:41|| Front Page Top

#3 to examine why the United States still does not have adequate testing

Please tell us, Dr. Schumer, what constitutes adequate testing...

Posted by Raj 2020-04-29 10:14|| 2020-04-29 10:14|| Front Page Top

#4 I shudder to think how Biden would have dealt with Covid-19.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-04-29 10:49|| 2020-04-29 10:49|| Front Page Top

#5 And the Lame Stream Media would have played right along with him.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-04-29 10:50|| 2020-04-29 10:50|| Front Page Top

#6 They'll keep repeatedly saying stuff like this until all the uninformed voters agree with them.

And the media will carry their water.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-04-29 11:00|| 2020-04-29 11:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Her Botox doc seems to have slipped some mercury into her latest dosage.

Poss made in China.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-04-29 11:52|| 2020-04-29 11:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Who gives a flip about testing when it comes to the 40-something states that have little to no impact from this exaggerated "crisis"? I won't be "tested" for anything without there being a pretty convincing argument for going along with it.

Posted by Crusader 2020-04-29 14:20|| 2020-04-29 14:20|| Front Page Top

#9 Oh, yeah, just wait for "you must be tested" > test costs $1200.00 > your insurance does not cover it > you may be required to be re-tested in a completely arbitrary fashion at any time.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-29 15:22|| 2020-04-29 15:22|| Front Page Top

#10 Schumer and Pelosi are two of the most disgusting impediments to freedom and democracy to every come out of Washington.

Don't forget Harry Reid. Seems to be a trend.

Perhaps allow Schumer, Pelousy & Scifferbrains their wish as long as the whole thing is televised and documented, no closed doors or secret meetings or the whole thing gets canceled.

Posted by gorb 2020-04-29 16:51|| 2020-04-29 16:51|| Front Page Top