GOP senator attends Barrett hearings in person after COVID-19 diagnosis

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said Monday morning that he plans to attend Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings in person this week, despite testing positive for COVID-19 earlier in the month.Lee said he has been cleared by Congress’s attending physician to show up in the hearing room because he is “no longer contagious.””I’m feeling great. Ready to be back in the saddle and excited for today’s hearings to begin. I’ll be…