'It is critical that all health and medical resources needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19 are properly distributed to the Nation's healthcare system and others that need them most at this time,' read Trump's executive order.
"To ensure that our healthcare system is able to surge capacity and capability to respond to the spread of COVID-19," read Wednesday's executive order from the White House,"it is critical that all health and medical resources needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19 are properly distributed to the Nation's healthcare system and others that need them most at this time.
"There's never been an instance like this where no matter what you have it's not enough," Trump said during a Wednesday news briefing. Some House Democrats have been pushing for Trump to use the powers of the DPA saying in a March letter that using the act"would ensure we have the materials we need at the ready, rather than wait for disruptions in the global supply chain to subside."President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday designed to create more medical equipment to be used in the battle against coronavirus.
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