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OVERSIGHT MEETING REQUESTED: Two Democratic legislators have called on majority Republicans to hold oversight committee meetings to review Gov. Kim Reynoldsâ decision to reject $95 million in federal COVID-19 testing assistance for schools.
Sen. Claire Celsi of West Des Moines and Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines of Des Moines, Democratic ranking members on the government oversight committees in the House and Senate, sent a joint letter to the GOP committee chairs seeking the review.
In their letter, the Democrats say they were âflabbergasted to discover that Gov. Reynolds sent $95 million in COVID-19 testing funding back to the U.S. federal government instead of giving schools the option to use it for COVID-19 testing protocols in their districts.â