Texas Representative To Quarantine After Testing Positive For Coronavirus Enlarge this image toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, the top Republican on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Brady received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Dec. 18 and tested negative …
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas was on the brink Monday of surpassing a record 13,000 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 as the number of new cases after the Christmas holiday continued surging, including Rep. Kay Granger, who said she tested positive upon returning to Washington for the new Congress. In a statement, Granger’s office said the 77-year-old Republican is asymptomatic and “feeling …