Pandemic precautions make for strange Senate reunion - Roll Call

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The room was split into two daises: The permanent dais, in the back, and a temporary dais made of tables set up around the room. Giant bottles of hand sanitizer and tubs of Purell wipes were distributed about every six feet along both.

Chairman Richard M. Burr, R-N.C., and ranking member Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., offered elbow bumps to Ratcliffe, who walked to the front of the room to greet the senators.

Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, arrives to a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday and is greeted by committee Chairman Sen. Richard M. Burr, R-N.C. and Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left. The panel is considering Ratcliffe's nomination for director of national intelligence. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

While most nominees are flanked by their families, Ratcliffe, because of the pandemic, was alone. Burr thanked Ratcliffe’s family, who were not permitted to attend the hearing.

“I send them my appreciation via C-SPAN and thank them for their willingness to go on this journey with you,” Burr said.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, made a reference to “social distance” but still gave his fellow Texas lawmaker a hearty pat on the shoulder both when greeting him and at the end of the conversation when congratulating him on his nomination. The two spoke for a few minutes before the hearing; neither wore a mask.

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