Miller-Meeks talks about immigration, COVID-19
Second District Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks has been given some unique opportunities for a freshman in Congress.
Recently she questioned Dr. Anthony Fauci on the United States’ response to the coronavirus.
As a doctor in Congress, she was asked to be on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, a platform where she questioned Fauci on COVID-19 and immigration.
She pushed Fauci to require COVID-19 testing for everybody coming across the border. She said she has seen figures that 10 percent of those trying to get into the country are infected with the virus.
Miller-Meeks was in Mt. Pleasant last week where she visited the Noon Rotary Club to talk about what is happening in Washington, D.C. She said she enjoys returning to her home district which stretches from the Mississippi River to Interstate 35 and south of Interstate 80.
“I spend as much time being back in Iowa as I can,” she said.
She told the Rotarians about a recent trip she made to the border in Texas where she saw that “there is a crisis at the border.”
“There are children as young as 1-year old showing up with a phone number pinned to their shirt,” she said. “There are drugs coming across the border.”
Miller-Meeks had to wait five months after the election to be permanently seated in Congress. Her Democratic opponent Rita Hart challenged the election results, which showed Miller-Meeks winning by a mere six votes.
Hart dropped her challenge on March 31.
Miller-Meeks said that most freshmen in Congress are assigned to four subcommittees. She is on six. They are:
- Education and Labor Committee where she is on the subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment and the subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Homeland Security Committee. Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery and subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
- Veterans' Affairs Committee. Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs and subcommittee on Health.