WASHINGTON — “We need to move away from the pandemic,” Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Monday outside the West Wing, shortly after the group he heads, the National Governors Association, met with President Biden at the White House.
“We asked the president to help give us clear guidelines on how we can return to a great state of normality,” Hutchinson, a Republican, added.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, chairman of the National Governors Association, joined by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, speaks outside the White House after members of the group met with President Biden on Monday. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Standing beside Hutchinson was Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey, the Democratic vice