Sen. Cory Gardner is pushing for an investigation into possible mismanagement of the Strategic National Stockpile of ventilators needed to treat coronavirus patients
The Acting Navy Secretary said that firing the captain who raised coronavirus alarm about a coronavirus outbreak onboard a U.S. aircraft carrier was theGardner said the country has “got to do more” to distribute ventilators to the afflicted, emphasizing his state has asked for 10,000 ventilators.
In the letter to Principal Deputy Inspector General Christi Grimm, Gardner asked whether there was a gap in contract in the national stockpile to maintain ventilators and if there has been “mismanagement that led to a shortage of working ventilators." He was referring to what he calls “unacceptable” reports that the SNS has been caught flatfooted in providing working ventilators to states.
But despite his requests for a probe, Gardner, who faces a tough battle for reelection, made clear there is no upside for his state in criticizing Trump in the middle of a pandemic. There’s no time for “backbiting” within the government, Gardner said, and he praised the administration for cutting off flights to China early and said Fauci offered reassurances to him over the national stockpile on Thursday.
“I’m not going to look back and point fingers. I'm going to find out what happened, I want to find out what went wrong, and I want to fix it,” Gardner said. “I’m going to spend my time working to get more ventilators, working to get more masks and working to get more protective equipment.”
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