03/16/2021
https://congress.gov...
"Do you believe as I do that hazard pay for our health care heroes was a critical component of the response to COVID-19?"
"the justification was adequately documented. It was COVID-19."
"expecting applicants to have a preexisting policy is nonsensical because the hazard pay was itself an emergency response to COVID."
"It was, in fact, used during COVID."