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Daily Testing, Protective Equipment, Needed for Essential Workers, House Armed Services Chair Says

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Daily Testing, Protective Equipment, Needed for Essential Workers, House Armed Services Chair Says
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee

Essential workers, including those at Department of Energy nuclear-weapon plants that have not paused operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, should be able to get tested for the virus daily, and have ready access to protective equipment, the chair of the House Armed Services Committee said Tuesday. “Every day, if you go to work at the White House, you get tested,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said Tuesday on a telephone press conference with a large group of reporters. “That’s what we…

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