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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,922 posts)
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 08:38 PM Apr 2020

'Little or no transparency': Democrats seek data on White House supply program

Two Senate Democrats are now probing 'Project Airbridge,' the Trump administration program aimed at getting medical supplies to hospitals amid the pandemic, warning the effort is too opaque.

While the White House has touted the Jared Kushner-backed program as an innovative public-private partnership designed to clear logistical logjams and bureaucratic red tape, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., are worried that the administration is not doing enough to facilitate the supply of personal protective equipment to communities battling the coronavirus.

In letters sent on Monday to the six medical supply companies involved in the program, Warren and Blumenthal raised concerns about how the supply chain is being managed, given persistent shortages of protective equipment and other medical gear in hospitals across the country.

The calls in the Senate for more transparency echo similar demands in the House, where Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., and others say they worry the industry-friendly program isn’t doing enough to ensure health care workers have the right equipment.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/little-or-no-transparency-democrats-seek-data-on-white-house-supply-program/ar-BB13h6gK?li=BBnb7Kz

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'Little or no transparency': Democrats seek data on White House supply program (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP
Where are the supplies that Trump has been confiscating? keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #1
This is disgusting. EndlessWire Apr 2020 #2
Glad somebody is shaking trees over this. High time. nt crickets Apr 2020 #3

keithbvadu2

(36,778 posts)
1. Where are the supplies that Trump has been confiscating?
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 10:35 PM
Apr 2020

Where are the supplies that Trump has been confiscating?

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Republican seller has 'relationships with a lot of people.'

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142462680

Republican fundraiser looks to cash in on coronavirus

The fundraiser, Mike Gula, didn’t specify his new line of work in the email. But in an interview, he said he’d started a new company selling medical equipment that’s been in short supply during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Asked how he’d managed to procure such equipment when there are shortages in hospitals across the country, Gula said, “I have relationships with a lot of people.”

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