{"id":496617,"date":"2021-05-11T14:35:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T18:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=496617"},"modified":"2021-05-11T14:35:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T18:35:13","slug":"exclusive-republicans-launch-probe-into-massive-teachers-unions-influence-on-cdc-demand-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-republicans-launch-probe-into-massive-teachers-unions-influence-on-cdc-demand-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Launch Probe Into Massive Teachers Union\u2019s Influence On CDC, Demand Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-republicans-launch-probe-into-massive-teachers-unions-influence-on-cdc-demand-communications%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=496617&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-Doug-Mills-PoolGetty-Images-1212-e1620748798278.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"50.220171810372\">\n<p>A group of over 20 House Republicans sent a Tuesday letter to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) saying they will be launching a probe into improper outside influence on the CDC school reopening guidance by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).<\/p>\n<p>The letter, first obtained by Daily Caller, demanded that the CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, hand over communications about the February decision on school reopening. The decision\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2021\/t0212-cdc-update-covid-19.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">provided<\/a>\u00a0a list of things\u00a0for schools to consider before reopening, such as using masks, social distancing, handwashing and much more.<\/p>\n<p>The letter was spearheaded by Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer.<\/p>\n<p>The letter also demanded any communications between <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/27\/xavier-becerra-coronavirus-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CDC<\/a> employees and AFT employees. The AFT political action committee (PAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/29\/teachers-unions-political-contributions-democrats-coronavirus-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">donated<\/a>\u00a0$1.6 million in 2020 to\u00a0mainly Democratic politicians and candidates, according to Federal Election Commission data analyzed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollcall.com\/2021\/04\/28\/donations-from-teachers-unions-spiked-as-congress-debated-school-reopening-virus-relief\/?utm_source=piano&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=2906&#038;pnespid=k.ZntehfBAGNf1NaQlSGtXGha4s7k9O9rAtJTzOr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roll Call<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are conducting oversight over reported improper outside influence on the [CDC] \u00a0guidance entitled \u2018Operational Strategy\u2019 \u2026 by the [AFT] \u2026 The AFT does not represent scientists and is a political group, not a group committed to medical science,\u201d the letter states.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here Is What The Republican Lawmakers Requested From The CDC:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All communications sent or received by Director Walensky regarding the February 12, 2021 guidance entitled \u201cOperational Strategy for K-12 Schools through Phased Prevention\u201d released by CDC<\/li>\n<li>All communications sent or received between any employee of the CDC and any employee of the AFT<\/li>\n<li>All drafts of the Operational Strategy including, but not limited to, any draft provided to non-federal government entities or CDC stakeholders for comment<\/li>\n<li>A complete list of all non-federal government entities or CDC stakeholders that were provided a draft or pre-release copy of the Operational Strategy<\/li>\n<li>All documents and communications in preparation for, and resulting from, any phone call between Director Walensky and the AFT<\/li>\n<li>A complete list, including name, date, and full list of attendees, of all non-federal government entities or CDC stakeholders that met with Director Walensky or any employee of the CDC regarding the Operational Strategy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>READ THE LETTER HERE:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View (DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) House GOP Letter to CDC Re. Union Interference on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/507515150\/DAILY-CALLER-OBTAINED-House-GOP-Letter-to-CDC-Re-Union-Interference#from_embed\">(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) Hou\u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View Henry Rodgers's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/527927298\/Henry-Rodgers#from_embed\">Henry Rodgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Republicans also requested a staff-level briefing on the creation and publication of the February 12, 2021 version of the Operational Strategy by no later than May 18, 2021. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/letter-bob-good-investigate-cdc-teachers-union-american-federation-of-teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Call On Biden Administration To Investigate CDC\u2019s Alleged \u2018Collusion\u2019 With Massive Teachers Union)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, over two dozen Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/letter-bob-good-investigate-cdc-teachers-union-american-federation-of-teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sent a letter<\/a> to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requesting it to investigate allegations if the CDC acted on behalf of the AFT in refusing to reopen schools.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP lawmakers argued reopening schools without these mitigation strategies is safe and that attending schools barely contributes to community transmission and much more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of over 20 House Republicans sent a Tuesday letter to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) saying they will be launching &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277813,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-Doug-Mills-PoolGetty-Images-1212-e1620748798278.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Launch Probe Into Massive Teachers Union\u2019s Influence On CDC, Demand Communications","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Photo-by-Doug-Mills-PoolGetty-Images-1212-e1620748798278.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Launch Probe Into Massive Teachers Union\u2019s Influence On CDC, Demand Communications","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}