The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention bypassed scientific norms in allowing teachers unions to interfere with CDC guidance, according to an investigation by Republicans on the House’s Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.

By bowing to the unions, a major donor to President Joe Biden and other Democrats, the CDC’s revised guidance led thousands of schools to remain closed throughout the 2020-21 academic year, according to the report.

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