US Lawmakers Begin Discussing Preparations For Next Pandemic

Wednesday, May 6th 2020, 5:42 pm

By: Alex Cameron

Congress held the first hearing on the federal government's response to the coronavirus outbreak, and a member of Oklahoma's delegation was front and center.

As the top Republican on the House Labor, Health and Human Services Committee, Congressman Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma District 4, acknowledged there have been some missteps in dealing with this virus, but neither he nor the committee's Democratic chair wanted to dwell on the past.

News 9/News On 6's Alex Cameron has the latest from Washington, D.C.

Alex Cameron

Alex Cameron is Griffin Media’s Washington Bureau Chief, reporting from our nation’s capital on issues that impact Oklahomans. An award-winning journalist, Alex first joined the News 9 team in 1995, and his reporting has taken him around the world, covering stories in Bosnia, Colorado, Washington, D.C., Seattle, New York and Ukraine. 