On Wednesday's broadcast of CNN's "OutFront," DCCC Chair Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) stated that "we are very close, if not already at a place, particularly in states like New York, where you don't need a mandate in schools or anywhere else" for masks, "we should free as many people from these restrictions" as we can, and that in a place like New York, "there's no reason for mandates at this point." Maloney also argued that New York feels safe removing some of its mandates "because of the success of the president's policies, because of the success of responsible people doing the right thing."