Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee want to know what steps the Office of Personnel Management is taking to ensure that frontline federal workers have adequate access to personal protective equipment.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 25: A view of an N95 face mask outside NYU Langone Health hospital during the coronavirus pandemic on April 25, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming over 203,000 lives lost with over 2.9 million infections reported.
Senators Gary Peters, Tom Carper, Maggie Hassan, Kyrsten Sinema, Kamala Harris, and Jackie Rosen said in a letter to Office of Personnel Management Acting Director Michael Rigas that they"remain concerned that federal employees on the front lines, such as United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Inspectors, do not have access to adequate Personal Protective Equipment from the federal government," despite Vice President Mike Pence's April 15 guarantee that the Federal...
"While we certainly understand the need to remain flexible during this dynamic situation, the fast-moving nature of this crisis makes it even more important for the agency to be responsive to congressional requests," the senators wrote."We must have a clear idea of what OPM's policies are and how OPM is supporting implementation of those policies across the federal government in order to conduct necessary oversight and fully represent our constituents' needs.
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