A pair of Democrats are mounting an aggressive push for the federal government to take over buying and distributing much-needed medical supplies
, as states continue to battle one another for precious equipment to fight the coronavirus.
In a sign of the sparsity of such equipment, some states are even keeping their limited stock under military guard. But it’s unclear how much Republicans would be interested, if at all, given GOP lawmakers are loath to support any additional federal control over states. The situation in Maryland isn’t unique. As the coronavirus continues to spread across the U.S., states have been thrown into a highly competitive effort to procure supplies, competing against each other as they try to secure personal protective equipment for frontline workers, often at a much higher cost than normal.
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