Sen. Warren says that the Trump admin.'s failure to prioritize American manufacturing during the initial stages of its COVID-19 response 'likely contributed' to the 'ongoing spread of the disease.'
"If these reports are accurate, they indicate that the Trump Administration’s dismissal of an offer from a U.S.-based company to manufacture millions of N95 respirators and its failure to anticipate the immense need for masks has likely contributed to the chronic nationwide shortage of crucial protective equipment and the ongoing spread of the disease," Warren and Schakowsky wrote.
The company ultimately did get a contract in April after publicly complaining that President Donald Trump wasn't putting domestic manufacturers first and then getting a cut-to-the-front-of-the-line introduction to White House aide Peter Navarro from 2016 Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon's team.
Though their letter focuses on Prestige Ameritech, they are asking Pence for more information about what the administration is doing — and can do — to ramp up domestic manufacturing during the coronavirus crisis. For example, they ask Pence to provide"a list of federal government facilities that could be rapidly re-tooled to manufacture [masks]"and other personal protective equipment and supply figures for how many masks and other protective items the administration wants to acquire.
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