,,iv #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,,res4 #ajbf ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,june #bf1 #bjbj,mr4 ,griffith 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,harris1 ,mr4 ,biggs1 ,mr4 ,guthrie1 ,mr4 ,cline1 ,mr4 ,des,jarlais1 ,mr4 ,gosar1 ,mr4 ,brooks of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,duncan1 ,mr4 ,gohmert1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 and ,mr4 ,budd7 submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,education and ,labor ,,resolution ,expressing the sense of ,congress that responses to the ,,covid-#ai pandemic by the education system must be narrowly tailored to protect the well-being of children in different parts of the country4 ,whereas1 on ,june #bc1 #bjbj1 ,drs4 ,anthony ,fauci and ,robert ,redfield testified before the ,house ,committee on ,energy ,commerce in a hearing entitled ,oversight of the ,trump ,administration's ,response to the ,,covid-#ai ,pandemic2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,fauci is a ,doctor of ,medicine and has served as ,director of the ,national ,institute for ,allergy and ,infectious ,diseases at the ,national ,institutes of ,health since #aihd2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,redfield is a ,doctor of ,medicine and serves as ,director of the ,centers for ,disease ,control and ,prevention2 ,whereas1 during the hearing on ,june #bc1 ,representative ,brett ,guthrie 7,r-,,ky7 asked whether children would be able to physically return to schools in ,august #bjbj1 and ,dr4 ,fauci responded by saying it is1 different whether you're in a ,new ,york metropolitan area or ,casper1 ,wyoming4 ,so when you're asking about schools1 you have to say where are you talking about8 because we have different regions1 different ,states1 different cities ''' some counties may have such a low level of infection that schools can open in a way that's exactly like normal4 ,others 4 4 4 might want to make some modifications ''' ,you want to tailor it1 to the degree of viral dynamics in the particular location that you're talking about2 ,whereas1 during the hearing on ,june #bc1 ,representative ,h4 ,morgan ,griffith 7,r-,,va7 expressed concerns over recommendations related to schools1 and ,dr4 ,fauci replied1 ,it's not one size fits all ''' ,we often say1 in ,america1 should you or should you not be open4 ,that's almost a non-question1 because we're such a large country and so heterogeneous and are experiencing such a range of involvement of this virus in different parts of the country2 ,whereas1 during the hearing on ,june #bc1 ,dr4 ,fauci agreed with statements made by ,representative ,kurt ,schrader 7,d-,,or7 that a ,,covid-#ai vaccine is one of many tools in the toolbox and it would be a terrible miscalculation on the part of many ,americans to believe it is best that everyone stay home1 not go to work1 not send kids to school2 ,whereas the ,centers for ,disease ,control and ,prevention never made a widespread recommendation that all school districts across the country should close due to concerns about ,,covid-#ai2 ,whereas1 during the hearing on ,june #bc1 ,dr4 ,redfield agreed with ,representative ,schrader's assessment of the reality that children are unlikely to maintain distancing of #f feet at school and that transporting children to schools while allowing only one child to sit in each row on buses is impossible for most jurisdictions2 ,whereas ,representative ,schrader labeled ,,cdc recommendations pertaining to the opening of schools pie in the sky perfection recommendations that have no chance in hell of actually happening at the local level due to lack of funding and human nature1 and indicated a need for more realistic recommendations2 ,whereas1 in the hearing on ,june #bc1 witnesses and ,members of the ,committee agreed that1 8,if we have kids not going to school1 we run the huge risk of the wealthy kids getting a great education online ''' and the lower income kids getting no education02 ,whereas1 at the hearing on ,june #bc1 ,dr4 ,redfield testified schools should be closed jurisdiction by jurisdiction1 when we see issues in the schools and the focus in the fall must be the consequences of this virus1 which are mortality1 hospitalization1 the economy2 and ,whereas1 at the hearing on ,june #bc1 ,dr4 ,redfield testified we need to open our schools under realistic recommendations addressing how we expect those schools to act based on the consequences of what we think this virus is going to pay for those individuals in schools4 ,it doesn't mean we don't have to be vigilant about protecting the vulnerable ''' ,but no longer does that mean we have to shut down schools1 shut down the economy3 ,now1 therefore1 be it 7#a7 ,that the consequences of remaining out of school are different for children of varying geographic regions or economic status2 and 7#b7 that because of the size and the heterogeneity of the ,united ,states1 and of various regions within individual states1 decisions related to the opening and operations of school districts are best made at the local level1 informed by contemporaneous expert opinion and data4