Arizona Representative Ruben Gallego called the contract a 'disgrace that must be fully investigated' on Tuesday.
Some Democratic members of Congress asked the U.S. Health and Human Services Department on Tuesday to look into claims that face masks sent to Navajo Nation health care facilities may not be suited for medical applications.
Virginia Representative Gerry Connolly told Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Christi Grimm during a Tuesday committee meeting,"There's something suspicious about awarding a contract to somebody who has no experience, who formed his company 11 days before the award of the contract, and provided unsuitable equipment reportedly to just a devastated community, the Navajo Nation.
Fuentes had no previous experience with federal contracting but denied that he procured the contract because of his previous experience at the White House.reached out to the IHS and the Navajo Nation for comment. This story will be updated with any response.
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