Sasse Calls on Senate to Cancel Recess And Work Against Coronavirus: ‘The Senate Has Work To Do’

Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse called on the United States senate to cancel their upcoming recess in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Nebraska senator issued a Thursday morning statement in which he warned that the Senate has work to do to help Americans deal with the coronavirus.

“Nursing home operators in Nebraska are telling me they’re worried because they have patients who might have coronavirus, but they don’t have enough testing kits to find out,” Sasse said.

“Instead of going into recess next week, the Senate ought to keep working on the people’s business — both addressing the obvious deficiencies in our diagnostic testing pipeline, and debating the President’s call last night for economic legislation. ”

“The Senate has work to do,” he added. “Let’s get to it.”

Sasse’s statement comes less than a day after President Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office and announced a near-total ban on travel from Europe to the United States.

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“We are responding with great speed and professionalism,” Trump said. “To keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days.”