Oregon lawmakers press for more testing supplies for long-term care facilities

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Friday led members of Oregon's congressional delegation—including Sen. Ron Wyden and Reps. Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio and Kurt Schrader—in pushing the Trump administration to help meet Oregon's urgent need for critical coronavirus testing supplies at long-term care facilities.

In a letter to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, the delegation echoed the governor's request for increase coronavirus testing supplies, in order to test all 60,000 residents and health care personnel in the state's long-term care facilities.