COVID-19: Going Back to College Safely - Hearing - United States Senate Committee

Oct 15, 2026

Official U.S. Senate hearing transcript examining COVID-19 and strategies for returning to college safely. The document presents opening statements by committee leadership, sworn witness testimony from university and public health leaders, and prepared and summary statements. It also includes additional reopening materials and a detailed questions-and-answers section organized by senator, with responses from Georges Benjamin, Logan Hampton, Christina H. Paxson, and Mitchell Daniels. Dated June 4, 2020.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages123

Reading Time5 h 10 min

AccessFree to download

Statements

Committee Members

Witnesses

Additional Material

Questions and Answers

Response by Georges Benjamin, M.D.

Response by Dr. Logan Hampton

Response by Dr. Christina H. Paxson

Response by Mitchell E. Daniels

S. HRG. 116–507 COVID–19: GOING BACK TO COLLEGE SAFELY HEARING OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON EXAMINING COVID-19, FOCUSING ON GOING BACK TO COLLEGE SAFELY JUNE 4, 2020 Printed for the use of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions ( Available via the World Wide Web: [http://www.govinfo.gov](http://www.govinfo.gov) U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 45–220 PDF WASHINGTON : 2021 COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS LAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee, Chairman MICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming RICHARD BURR, North Carolina RAND PAUL, Kentucky SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine BILL CASSIDY, M.D., Louisiana PAT ROBERTS, Kansas LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska TIM SCOTT, South Carolina MITT ROMNEY, Utah MIKE BRAUN, Indiana KELLY LOEFFLER, Georgia PATTY MURRAY, Washington, Ranking Member BERNARD SANDERS (I), Vermont ROBERT P. CASEY, JR., Pennsylvania TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut ELIZABETH WARREN, Massachusetts TIM KAINE, Virginia MAGGIE HASSAN, New Hampshire TINA SMITH, Minnesota DOUG JONES, Alabama JACKY ROSEN, Nevada DAVID P. CLEARY, Republican Staff Director LINDSEY WARD SEIDMAN, Republican Deputy Staff Director EVAN SCHATZ, Minority Staff Director JOHN RIGHTER, Minority Deputy Staff Director (II) C O N T E N T S STATEMENTS THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020 Page COMMITTEE MEMBERS Alexander, Hon. Lamar, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Opening statement ...................................................................... 1 Murray, Hon. Patty, Ranking Member, a U.S. Senator from the State of Washington, Opening statement ......................................................................... 4 WITNESSES Daniels, Mitchell, President, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN ................ 8 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 10 Paxson, Christina, President, Brown University, Providence, RI ....................... 11 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 13 Summary statement ......................................................................................... 16 Hampton, Logan, President, Lane College, Jackson, TN ..................................... 17 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 18 Summary statement ......................................................................................... 30 Benjamin, Georges, M.D., MACP, FACEP(E), FNAPA, Hon FRSH, Hon FFPH, Executive Director, American Public Health Association, Washington, DC ............................................................................................................. 31 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 33 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Statements, articles, publications, letters, etc. A Plan to Safely Reopen America’s Schools and Communities .................... 62 Purdue will require all students to be tested for COVID-19 before start of the fall semester ....................................................................................... 76 Letters ............................................................................................................... 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Response by Georges Benjamin, M.D., to questions of: Senator Collins ................................................................................................. 90 Senator Sanders ............................................................................................... 91 Senator Casey ................................................................................................... 91 Senator Rosen .................................

FAQs

What is the hearing focused on?

The hearing examines COVID-19 and how to go back to college safely.

Who delivers witness testimony in the document?

Witness testimony is provided by university presidents and public health leaders, including Mitchell Daniels, Christina Paxson, Logan Hampton, and Georges Benjamin.

How is the document organized after the statements?

After the statements and additional materials, the document provides a questions-and-answers section with responses organized by senator and witness.

Oct 15, 2026

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