Representative Wendzel Details Precautions Taken For Legislative Session

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The House and Senate sessions today to extend the state of emergency in Michigan in response to COVID-19 were unlike anything anyone at the state Capitol has ever seen. WSJM News talked with Representative Pauline Wendzel about it, after the House took about three hours to call roll and handled its session in just two minutes.

“We were questioned before we entered the Capitol, and our temperatures were taken,” said Wendzel. “Then we went on the floor, checked in, and went back to our cars.”

Wendzel wore a mask made by her aunt, and says there were other precautions taken.

“There were even separate entrances that they had us each entering. We were given a time that we were supposed to come in along with an entrance so we weren’t crossing paths and getting within the recommended six feet. In fact, I hardly saw anyone entering and leaving the Capitol,” added Wendzel.

Most in the Senate also wore masks, as has now been recommended by the CDC along with President Trump and Governor Whitmer to protect people from unknowingly spreading COVID-19 if they have it without showing any symptoms.

Image of Rep. Wendzel wearing her mask courtesy of her state representative Facebook page.