House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) doesn’t foresee the closure of the Capitol amid an increase in coronavirus cases across the country.
Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill Monday, Pelosi repeatedly said “no” when asked about whether the Capitol will be closed off for a period of time to visitors.
When asked about whether she has any plans to change the House’s schedule, Pelosi responded that “at this time, there’s no reason to do so” but that it’s not her decision.
“It’s a security and health decision,” Pelosi said.
On Sunday, Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urged in a letter to the Trump administration to issue paid sick leave requirements for workers impacted by COVID-19.
“In light of reports that the Trump administration is considering new tax cuts for major corporations impacted by the coronavirus, we are demanding that the administration prioritize the health and safety of American workers and their families over corporate interests,” Pelosi and Schumer wrote in the letter Sunday.
Watch Pelosi’s remarks below:
“No,” Pelosi says when I asked if she would close off Capitol to visitors. Asked if she would change the House’s schedule at all, “At this time, there’s no reason to do so but it’s not my decision. It’s a security and health decision.” pic.twitter.com/0t1pBhIy3L
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 9, 2020
I love serendipity. At the very moment this new article posted, I opened up my deceased mom’s copy of the latest Birds & Blooms. On the back cover, there is a beautiful owl with its neck cocked and staring straight ahead at me. The quote with it is one from Marie Curie: “Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.”
The message to me is that we need to stay on task: the issues that are facing us all, and what the platform of the Democratic Party is going to be, and how are we going to proceed next year, with the Democratic Party holding the Executive Branch, and both the Senate and the House.
Keep Calm and Wash your hands! We’ve got work to do.
Madam Speaker: “We plan to continue doing our job to help the American people overcome this crisis.”
Republicans: (Hide under bed and wet selves)
You’re just Just two steps away from providing prudent, science-based, intelligent leadership, Madame Speaker
We just need to get a toddler and his playmate bounced out of office first.
Note to the general public: Speaker Pelosi shows how good governance is done yet again: “It’s a security and health decision.” Excuse me while I adore her unabashedly!
Yes, what a quaint concept…