Republicans refuse to comply with Schiff's request to get tested before committee briefing
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Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said the panel's chairman, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California, has requested that members receive a negative Covid test before they participate in an upcoming committee briefing.
Turner, however, said Republicans on the committee will not comply with Schiff's request.
"The American public does not have this privilege, and we will not comply," Turner said at a GOP news conference on Wednesday.
President Joe Biden asserted Friday that Hamas has been degraded to a point where it can no longer carry out the type of attack that launched the current 8-month conflict in Gaza, laying out a three-phase proposal Israel has submitted to wind down the grinding crisis as he declared, “It’s time for this war to end.