Senators ask Homeland Security for coronavirus outbreak plan

By Spencer Neale

Published January 28, 2020 9:51pm ET

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Senators ask Homeland Security for coronavirus outbreak plan — Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., left, and Ranking Member Sen. Gary Peters., D-Mich., right, arrive for a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. | (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Two senators from opposing political parties joined together to ask the Department of Homeland Security for its strategies for containing a possible coronavirus outbreak in the United States.

Republican Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Democrat Gary Peters of Michigan wrote DHS acting Secretary Chad Wolf to ask: “Does the department currently have a coronavirus response plan?”

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