dollars fund their health care through the office of attending physician or away headed by dr brian monaghan a man who will lose his job once trying figures out he's an obama appointee but the o.e.p. is budget much like the number of t.v. shows starring guy here he expanded by 25 percent over the past decade and according to the intercept the last congressional appropriations bill passed in december increased the budget for the office by an additional $70000.00 to nearly 3900000 dollars this year hear about that type of money being thrown around can't be great for americans living in states that have to scrounge for corona virus test kits the same way we look under our couch for loose change that isn't attached to chewed or a dead mouse or chewed gum on a dead mouse even if your state does get tests they have to hide them from the federal government like you had a bad report card from your mom. but what's frustrating is that members of congress like senator marco rubio who earned 6 figures a year to tweet like please stop spreading stupid rumors about martial law are only charted around $600

on a conference call, the senate chiefs of staff were talking to the congressional physician, brian monaghanr is 61. high-risk group for coronavirus. one of the chiefs said to the physician, "will you be able to test our senators?" incredibly, he said, "no, there aren't enough tests to test 100 senators." if you're hearing happy talk about the availability of tests, now you know. he said, "we're only going to be able to test people who are ill or people who have symptoms." not only that, the senate physician doesn't have access to the high-speed, 15-minute testings they've been using at the white house. he told the chiefs of staff that it will take two to seven business days for him to get his results back in order to -- and until then, senators are going to need to quarantine. why does it matter? this is a microcosm of the testing problem we have around the country. people are going back to work on the front lines and don't have capitol police to keep people 6 feet away. they have it even worse. >> that is incredible, to say the least, in spite of the fact that the senate is still coming ba