Illinois Department of Public Health director Ngozi Ezike and Deputy Governor Sol Flores fielded questions from lawmakers Thursday about the state’s handling of last year’s COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home.

House lawmakers on Thursday scrutinized the way Gov. JB Pritzker’s office handled last year’s COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home, questioning a deputy governor who was challenged whether she did enough.

For the first time since the November outbreak, members of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee had a chance to hear directly from an official in the governor’s office, with the panel on Thursday questioning Deputy Governor Sol Flores.