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U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette of Denver isn't happy that the U.S.Postal Service's Denver distribution center will remain open, despite the threat of a coronavirus outbreak.

This week Denver Department of Public Health and Environment ordered the center to suspend operations handling all of the mail for Colorado and Wyoming, after the state found multiple confirmed coronavirus cases among workers there.

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, who chairs the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, announced on Tuesday that her agenda for investigating the Trump Administration's response to COVID-19 includes reviews of equipment supply chains, vaccine development and testing efforts.

This month, millions of talented students will graduate during the nation's biggest challenge since the Great Depression. In the last eight weeks, over 36 million Americans have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. At the same time, health care systems across the nation are struggling under a once-in-a-century pandemic that has claimed over 86,000 lives.

Harmful Trump administration policies, like the global gag rule—a U.S. policy that blocks U.S. federal funding for organizations that provide abortion counseling or referrals—have stood as obstacles preventing the delivery of reproductive care.

Now, in the throes of a pandemic, the coronavirus has only made access to and the availability of sexual and reproductive health care more difficult worldwide.