Text: To: Majority Leader GazelkaSenator Miller Senator JasinskiSenator Abeler Senator JohnsonSenator Benson Senator PrattSenator Chamberlain Senator RarickSenator Draheim Senator RuudSenator Howe Senator UtkeSenator Ingebrigsten Senator WestromCC: Cal LudemanAnnette GretkeJohn PollardMajority Leader Gazelka,On Monday, it was revealed that Senator Relph had tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the totalnumber of Senate Republicans who have contracted the virus following the in-person caucus meeting andsubsequent dinner on November 5 to four. Despite this revelation it remains unclear how manyRepublican Senators or staff have been tested or the results of those tests. Many of us and our staff joinedyour members on the floor for special session on November 12 ,with no knowledge of thesecircumstances, despite the fact that your staff had been warned to stay home two days previously.In the interest of the health of our fellow members of the Senate, Senate staff, and their families, I askyour caucus to share with us the trajectory of infection since the caucus and dinner on November 5- howmany members and staff have been tested, how many have experienced symptoms, and how manypositive tests have returned. Of those, in each category, how many attended the special session onNovember 12. I am also asking Secretary Ludeman for assistance in pursuit of this request.I also continue to care for patients on a regular basis, and for their safety, I hope you will provide thenecessary information. As public officials, we must do the right thing by demonstrating transparency andmodeling the behavior we are asking workplaces to follow across our state. While senators have a uniquepower of advocacy in these circumstances, we recognize that there are thousands of employees in everypart of our state who, faced with a similar situation, would have no recourse to protect themselves.This information can be shared in a way that respects privacy concerns, by not naming individualmembers. It is an essential step to protect all of our members, staff, their families, their communities, andin my case, my patients.Thank you for your assistance, Senator Matt KleinSenate District 52