House Dems urge White House to extend public comment periods

摘要

Fourteen House committee chairs called on the White House yesterday to extend public comment periods forrulemaking efforts during the novel coronavirus pandemic."In light of the evolving situation concerning the coronavirus ('COVID-19') pandemic, we write to urge you to directfederal agencies to immediately reschedule all public hearings and meetings and extend public commentperiods," the Democrats wrote yesterday to the Office of Budget and Management, noting that hundreds ofthousands of Americans are known to be infected and thousands have died."The right of the American people to meet with federal agencies and comment on proposed actions is invariablyaffected by the ongoing pandemic," the letter continued.