In The News 3 September 2024

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to testify at public hearing Sept. 10

Washington, D.C. – Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced that former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will testify publicly before Congress for the first time regarding his pandemic response on Tuesday, Sept. 10. In a hearing titled “A Hearing with former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo,” Mr. Cuomo will be questioned about his Administration’s issuance of unscientific guidance that forced New York nursing homes and long-term care facilities to admit COVID-19 positive patients.
 
Earlier this year, Mr. Cuomo appeared in front of the Select Subcommittee for a seven-hour, closed-door, transcribed interview. Read more about it here. In addition, the Select Subcommittee has conducted transcribed interviews with nine, high-ranking, former Cuomo Administration officials — including the former Secretary to the Governor, Ms. Melissa DeRosa, and the former New York Health Department Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker. Transcripts from all interviews related to the New York nursing home crisis will be released ahead of Mr. Cuomo’s hearing.
 
Chairman Wenstrup issued the following statement today:
 
“Andrew Cuomo owes answers to the 15,000 families who lost loved ones in New York’s nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 10, Americans will have the opportunity to hear directly from the former governor about New York's potentially fatal nursing home policies. 

"During closed-door testimony, Mr. Cuomo was shockingly callous when pressed to explain discrepancies in nursing home death counts, repeatedly deflected responsibility for the nursing home directive, and most egregiously, showed little remorse for the thousands of lives lost. A true leader owns up to his mistakes and takes responsibility for wrongdoing. That is not what we saw from Mr. Cuomo during his term as governor nor during his transcribed interview. We hope that during his public hearing next week, Mr. Cuomo will stop dodging accountability and honestly answer the American people,” said Chairman Wenstrup.
 
WHAT: Hearing titled “A Hearing with former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo”
 
DATE: Tuesday, Sept. 10
 
TIME: 2 p.m. ET
 
LOCATION: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
 

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