Lawmakers are scrambling to do their jobs remotely as the coronavirus outbreak threatens their constituents
The shortage of supplies for front-line health workers is so severe in her district that Rep. Elissa Slotkin has started texting sewing patterns of DIY face masks to embroidery companies. In between, she’s calling nonstop the governor's staff, hospitals and state leaders to seek help for her constituents from the coronavirus pandemic. And she’s doing it all from her family’s farm in Holly, Mich.
from their living rooms — sometimes enduring the same daily indignities, like botched conference calls, that millions of other Americans are experiencing while“A lot of us are doing very different jobs than we did two weeks ago,” Slotkin added in an interview. And it’s an enormous challenge, technologically, for an institution that’s largely stuck in the 20th century. Members are still handed pagers after they’re sworn in, and most staff aren’t trained in secure video-conferencing, let alone how to conduct a thousand-person teletown hall.
The fight has gotten particularly close to home for several members who have been quarantined after possible exposure. Rep. John Yarmuth , who ended his quarantine over the weekend, has been taking part in a stream of conference calls local TV appearances and even co-teaching an online class at a local university.
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