https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/politics/house-republicans-masks-debate-covid/index.html Indeed, a number of GOP members don't heed that advice -- particularly Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas, who spends much of his time on the floor while interacting with members and not wearing a mask. On Thursday, Gohmert and Rep. Steve King, an Iowa Republican, engaged in a long conversation on the House floor -- while interacting with other members of the House. Neither was wearing a mask, and they were within 6 feet of one another. "Well, I wear a mask when there's tight quarters and people appreciate that I do," King said Thursday when asked about the matter. "I've been wearing them what I think is in a prudent way." Others seem to be critical of what the federal government is saying about masks. Rep. Andy Biggs, an Arizona Republican who's chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, has not been wearing a mask while on the floor with his colleagues and has been carrying on conversations at length with them. He said Thursday he's relying on science from the University of Minnesota about the use of masks -- and noted that public health experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci and US Surgeon General Jerome Adams say wearing a mask isn't always necessary when maintaining a safe social distance. Asked about Fauci's and Adams' recommendations to wear masks, Biggs said sarcastically: "Yeah, of course, see they've been right on everything, haven't they?"
