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Old Jul 7, 2021, 12:58 pm
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Originally Posted by merlin90
They're not nationally known names but we do now have some members of Congress publicly saying that travel restrictions should be lifted. I don't know why they specifically mention omit the Schengen countries from their request but it's good to see this kind of public pressure on the increase.

https://twitter.com/RepBrianHiggins/...91223052550146

(The letter enclosed within the tweet shows all the signatories.)
In their own eyes, every member of Congress is/should be a nationally known name.

Also, there have been articles today about Chuck Schumer (the Senate majority leader, for the non-Americans reading this) complaining about the borders still being closed. That could start to move things, depending on how hard Schumer wants to push this.
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