Dozens of House and Senate Democrats called on President Biden Monday to “utilize the full scope of [his] executive power” to ramp up COVID-19 rapid test production.
The Democrats implored Biden in a letter to invoke the Defense Production Act to force companies to boost production of tests as the highly contagious Omicron variant causes“While we are pleased to see that the administration has committed to purchasing 500 million antigen tests that will be distributed throughout the country for free, we believe that the threat of the Omicron variant demands the most comprehensive public health response possible from the federal government,”The letter was...
“If the United States were to adopt similar recommendations, we would need roughly 2.3 billion tests per month – a figure several times the 500 million proposed by your administration. Understanding the complexities of the manufacturing and distribution processes, we respectfully urge that you utilize the full scope of your executive power under Defense Production Act to manufacture enough rapid tests to ensure that each American can take at least one rapid test per week.
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