U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has cautioned President Donald Trump against reopening the country too quickly.
She also suggested the House of Representatives might not return to Washington, D.C. at the end of April as originally planned as the coronavirus pandemic continued to spiral.
In a Thursday interview with Politico, Pelosi said: “I would hope that the scientific community would weigh in and say, ‘You can’t do this, it is only going to make matters worse if you go out too soon.’”
Pelosi said several factors would need to be considered, such as widespread testing and safety standards in workplaces.
“We have to know. It’s data. And that’s something that I haven’t seen as the basis for any decision making. In fact, I’ve seen the opposite,” she said.
Top Trump administration officials have suggested this week that parts of the country and the economy could reopen by May.
Asked if the House of Representatives should reconvene on April 20, the current date set for their return, Pelosi said, “Nobody can really tell you that and I would never venture a guess. I certainly don’t think we should do it sooner than we should,”
Reported by USA Today via Yahoo News
