House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) announced that he has formally referred an investigation of the Wolf Administration’s handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic to the House Government Oversight Committee.
The pending investigation was first announced on March 1.
“While we are hopeful that an end to this pandemic may be in sight, we cannot stop asking questions about the government’s role in containing the spread of the virus. More than 12,700 Pennsylvanians died in nursing homes – over half of Pennsylvania’s virus-related deaths – and, to date, families across the commonwealth have not received answers as to why and whether or not government orders contributed to the spread of the virus in these facilities,” said Benninghoff. “Even a year after the pandemic began, data reported about deaths in Pennsylvania’s nursing homes remains incomplete and, in some cases, contradictory.
“This non-partisan investigation should focus on getting answers and producing results. Political maneuvering or obstruction should not interfere with finally answering the questions of so many Pennsylvania families whose vulnerable loved ones have been especially devastated by this virus.”
