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Iowa lawmakers debate Statehouse mask requirement Share Updated: 5:13 PM CST Jan 21, 2021 Share Updated: 5:13 PM CST Jan 21, 2021
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Show Transcript CYNTHIA FODOR JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE ON THIS CONTROVERSY. CYNTHIA: TWO WEEKS INTO THE SESSION, AND DEMOCRATS BELIEVE NOT ENOUGH OF BEING DONE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC AND LAWMAKERS SAY FOR THE CAPITOL. BUT REPUBLICANS EXPRESSED THEIR DISAGREEMENTS TODAY. AGAINST DEMOCRATIC AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED FOR THOSE OF THE CAPITOL TO WEAR MASKS. REPUBLICANS SAY THEY CANNOT ENFORCE THAT. ONE PERSON THERE HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID. DEMOCRATS ALSO WENT TO USE TECHNOLOGY LIKE ZOOM TO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN COMMITTEE MEETINGS, BUT THAT WAS REJECTED. LET’S MAKE THE CAPITOL AS SAFE AS WE CAN FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO VISIT THE CAPITOL AND PARTICIPATE INTERSTATE GOVERNMENT. THAT IS WHAT WE THINK THIS IS ABOUT, IS ABOUT FINDING THE BALANCE TO WHERE WE ARE MAKING IT AS SAFE AS WE CAN S