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Sen. Richard Blu­men­thal (D‑Conn.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D‑Mass.) want to see a “mask-wear­ing man­date” as part of the next coro­n­avirus relief pack­age that Con­gress passes.

“Our goal is going to be, you know, to work towards includ­ing it inside of the coro­n­avirus relief pack­age,” Markey said dur­ing a news con­fer­ence on Fri­day about the Encour­ag­ing Masks for All Act. “We think this is kind of com­mon sense.”

Con­gres­sion­al lead­ers and the White House are cur­rent­ly nego­ti­at­ing anoth­er coro­n­avirus relief bill.