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• #Jared kushner our stockpile series#

The new text: “The Strategic National Stockpile’s role is to supplement state and local supplies during public health emergencies,” it says. The alteration: On Friday, the wording on the website changed, which was pointed out by journalist Laura Bassett.

Then it added: "When state, local, tribal, and territorial responders request federal assistance to support their response efforts, the stockpile ensures that the right medicines and supplies get to those who need them most during an emergency." The stockpile "is the nation’s largest supply of life-saving pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for use in a public health emergency severe enough to cause local supplies to run out," it explained. The problem: The Department of Health and Human Services' own website didn't seem to agree, reports the Washington Post."So we're encouraging the states to make sure that they're assessing the needs, they're getting the data from their local situations, and then trying to fill it with the supplies that we've given them." It’s not supposed to be states’ stockpiles that they then use," said Kushner, per Politico. The quote: “And the notion of the federal stockpile was it’s supposed to be our stockpile.His comments about the role of the stockpile in particular were generating controversy: He suggested governors were asking for federal gear without knowing the status of their own supplies, reports USA Today. 5.On Thursday, Jared Kushner made his first appearance at a White House coronavirus briefing and discussed state requests for medical gear from the government's stockpile, formally known as the Strategic National Stockpile.How on earth is this happening in the greatest nation in the world?"įEMA documents released Thursday by the House Oversight Committee showed states in the mid-Atlantic getting what Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., called a "tiny fraction" of the equipment requested.Īccording to the documents about equipment requests from Delaware, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, the states requested: In a CNN interview Friday morning, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio asked for more supplies and medical personnel and said, "We can only get to Monday or Tuesday at this point. While states are doing all we can to secure access to these items, the federal government must take extraordinary steps to deliver what we need," they wrote. "There simply aren’t enough test kits, medical supplies and other lifesaving equipment to meet the scope of this pandemic. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post last Monday asking the federal government to step up and help the states. Want to talk more about politics?: Join our Facebook group: ‘Across the Aisle, Across the Nation.’ State and local governments have voiced concerns about shortages of personal protective equipment for health care workers like masks and gowns. Some have insatiable appetites & are never satisfied (politics?).

#Jared kushner our stockpile series#

In a series of tweets Thursday, the president said, "Massive amounts of medical supplies, even hospitals and medical centers, are being delivered directly to states and hospitals by the Federal Government. Trump has been on the defensive about what some governors and mayors have called a slow delivery of supplies to combat the coronavirus pandemic. "Does anyone know any federal Americans? Where do they live? How many are there? Are they nice? Why do they need some much protective gear and ventilators," quipped Joe Lockhart, former press secretary for President Bill Clinton.įormer White House ethics chief Walter Shaub pointed out that the website of the Strategic National Stockpile points to its potential use by state and local governments. The federal stockpile is reserved for all Americans living in our states, not just federal employees. More: Trump hasn't ordered any ventilators from GM, despite saying he was using wartime powers to force production More: Americans support drastic efforts to stop coronavirus, expect crisis to last for months in Public Agenda/USA TODAY/Ipsos poll "When you have governors saying that the federal government hasn't given them what they need, I would encourage you to ask them, have you looked within your state to make sure you haven't been able to find the resources?" he continued.