3 Texas House Democrats test positive for Govt-19 in Washington DC

Lawmakers as part of a group that left Texas, Flying from Austin to Washington To break the quorum of the state legislature and prevent the passage of the Republicans Prohibited new voting law. The Caucasus says all three members who tested positive are fully vaccinated. They were not identified in Saturday’s report.

Austin American-Statesman First announced In the positive tests of lawmakers.

“This is a sobering reminder that COVID is still with us, and even though vaccines offer tremendous protection, we still need to take the necessary precautions,” he said.

CNN has approached the Texas House Democratic Caucasus on whether members who tested positive were involved in those meetings.

Texas State Representative James Talarigo told CNN’s Jim Acosta on Saturday that he and his colleagues on the Texas delegation knew the trip to Washington would be “a little risky.”

“Because it has a healthy epidemic, many of our members are over 65, but they chose to travel because it’s bigger than a politician. It’s bigger than you or me,” Talariko said in their fight to secure access to the ballot box. “It’s about the American experiment, and it’s about whether future generations will survive.”

The story was updated Saturday with additional details.