The US does not have enough supplies to fight COVID-19.

Hospitals are low on ventilators, which save patients with severe symptoms.

Hospitals and testing sites are short on personal protective equipment, which protects healthcare providers from contracting and spreading the virus.

The federal government has the power to mobilize companies to produce supplies and to direct distribution to the most needy regions, but it is failing to exercise it. States are competing with each other for a limited number of ventilators and masks. Instead, we should work together to fight this.

We are calling on the White House to immediately use the Defense Production Act to 1) prioritize the production of these life-saving supplies and 2) coordinate the distribution to the areas most in need.