Republican members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee balk at the refusal. Democrats say Congress should focus on the health of the people.

Joe Biden’s White House doctor’s uncooperativeness in a House probe looking into the former president’s fitness to serve has led the Republican congressman overseeing the investigation to allege a “coverup” of Biden’s “cognitive decline.”

Kevin O’Connor cited both physician-patient privilege and his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in refusing to answer questions from the House Oversight Committee.