The Trump Administration Is Ensuring Americans Stay Protected By Securing Critical Supplies To Combat The Coronavirus

The Facts:

THE PRESIDENT HAS WORKED WITH AMERICAN COMPANIES TO PRODUCE AND DONATE CRITICAL SUPPLIES IN ORDER TO COMBAT THE VIRUS

IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE MORE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND SPEED UP PRODUCTION, PRESIDENT TRUMP INVOKED THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT

THE PRESIDENT HAS WORKED WITH AMERICAN COMPANIES TO PRODUCE AND DONATE CRITICAL SUPPLIES TO COMBAT THE CORONAVIRUS

President Trump Has Rallied Industry Partners To Produce Critical Personal Protective Equipment Needed To Fight The Coronavirus

As Of March 28, 2020, FEMA Has Shipped And Delivered “11.6 Million N95 Respirator Masks, 26 Million Surgical Masks, 5.2 Million Face Shields, 4.3 Million Surgical Gowns, 22 Million Gloves And 8,100 Ventilators.” “According to the White House, FEMA had shipped or delivered 11.6 million N95 respirator masks, 26 million surgical masks, 5.2 million face shields, 4.3 million surgical gowns, 22 million gloves and 8,100 ventilators as of March 28.” (The Washington Post, 4/1/20)

In Early March, The Trump Administration Announced The “Whole Of America Approach,” Which Will Bring Businesses And Industries Across The Country Together To Work With The White House And Combat The Virus.“And we’ve brought the full resources of the federal government to bear. But this President has also called together businesses and industries to make this a whole-of-America approach. Last week, at this table, the President met with pharmaceutical leaders, we met with nursing home leaders, leaders of commercial labs, airline industries. We’re bringing all of the businesses of the country to bear to protect the health of the American people.” (The White House, 3/10/20)

The Trump Administration Has Taken An Approach To Continue To Increase The Supply Of Personal Protective Equipment And Ventilators By Working With Industry Partners. REAR ADMIRAL POLOWCZYK: “My task is to increase the supply of critical medical supplies, which include personal protective equipment and ventilators — items like that. I just want to take a few moments to explain the organization that we’ve stood up this week, in the last few days, and our approach. So you have a chart behind me. I have a focused — two focus leads: one on personal protective equipment, medical supplies, and a focus lead on ventilators. We have a line of effort called “Reallocation.” We’re working with our industry partners to illuminate the supply chain. There are many vendors, many distributors, all on a separate system. Nobody has one sight picture for that supply chain. We’ve brought our industry partners in. We’re weaving that together to make better allocation decisions and understand where it is and where it needs to go. (The White House, 3/24/20)

To Continue To Increase Production Within The Private Sector, The Administration Announced The Supply Chain Task Force On March 30, 2020.“On March 30 FEMA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services created a Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force, one of eight COVID-19 focused task forces under the National Response Coordination Center (NRCC). This task force, which is tasked with closing the gap between what the private sector is able to provide to healthcare end-users and what is needed for the fight against COVID, is taking a “whole-of-America approach” to address limited supply of critical protective and life-saving equipment.” (MH&L, 4/6/20)

The Task Force Has Actively Been Working To Facilitate Private Sector Partnerships In Order To Help Overcome Any “Supply Shortfalls.” “Task force members are actively working to facilitate the creation of private sector partnerships to pair companies that have volunteered excess factory production capacity, the talents of their workforce and access to their raw material supply chains with critical supply manufacturers who have the expertise in producing PPE, ventilator and other needed equipment. The creation of these partnerships to align capacity with know-how will unleash the potential engine of our national private sector and help overcome the supply shortfalls.” (FEMA, Accessed 4/6/20)

Dozens Of Businesses Have Answered The White House’s Call To Produce And Donate Critically Needed Protective Personal Equipment

The White House Is Partnering With Dozens Of Businesses To Answer President Trump’s Call To Step Up And Help Combat The Coronavirus. “The White House added on Tuesday, ‘The private sector is responding to President Trump’s call to step up and help combat the coronavirus.”(The Washington Examiner, 3/31/20)

President Trump Said That Companies Like Boeing, Ford, Honeywell, And Hanes Have Been Working With The White House To Produce PPE At Their Factories. PRESIDENT TRUMP: “Boeing, Ford, Honeywell, Hanes also, and many others are repurposing factories to produce respirators and protective masks and face shields. Plus, we have many other people.” (The White House, 3/29/20)

In Response To The President’s Call, Hanes Agreed To Make Up To Six Million Masks A Week. “A Hanes spokesman said the company has agreed to make up to six million masks a week along with a group of other yarn and clothing companies after Trump administration officials reached out about a week ago. The masks will not be the highly sought-after N-95 masks.” (The New York Times, 3/27/20)

“A Hanes spokesman said the company has agreed to make up to six million masks a week along with a group of other yarn and clothing companies after Trump administration officials reached out about a week ago. The masks will not be the highly sought-after N-95 masks.” (The New York Times, 3/27/20) CEO Of Honeywell, Darius Adamczyk, Said He Has Expanded Facilities To Have 5 Times The Capacity They Have Today To Produce N95 Masks. DARIUS ADAMCZYK: “We, as Honeywell, we’re an industrial technology company. And one of the businesses that we’re in: We protect the industrial worker. But what we’re doing today is we’re repurposing a lot of that equipment to serve the healthcare worker. A few days ago, we announced the start-up of a new manufacturing facility in Rhode Island. We’re going to be hiring 500 employees. We have already 200 onboard. And we’re going to be starting the production of N95 masks within the next two weeks. Furthermore, today we’re announcing the start-up of another manufacturing facility in Arizona. We’re going to be hiring another 500 people. And we’re going to be starting up production in that facility by the middle of May. So, in total, we’ve doubled our production of N95 masks already. It’s going to double again within the next 60 days. And then within the next 90 days, we’re going to have 5x the capacity we do today.” (The White House, 3/30/20)

DARIUS ADAMCZYK: “We, as Honeywell, we’re an industrial technology company. And one of the businesses that we’re in: We protect the industrial worker. But what we’re doing today is we’re repurposing a lot of that equipment to serve the healthcare worker. A few days ago, we announced the start-up of a new manufacturing facility in Rhode Island. We’re going to be hiring 500 employees. We have already 200 onboard. And we’re going to be starting the production of N95 masks within the next two weeks. Furthermore, today we’re announcing the start-up of another manufacturing facility in Arizona. We’re going to be hiring another 500 people. And we’re going to be starting up production in that facility by the middle of May. So, in total, we’ve doubled our production of N95 masks already. It’s going to double again within the next 60 days. And then within the next 90 days, we’re going to have 5x the capacity we do today.” (The White House, 3/30/20) CEO Of Boeing, Dave Calhoun, Announced That They Will Be Producing About A Thousand Face Masks A Week. PRESIDENT TRUMP: “Earlier today, I spoke to the CEO of Boeing, Dave Calhoun. And Boeing will be producing and donating face shields to help our medical professionals on the frontlines. These are actually pretty intricate, in terms of the plastic and the quality of the materials. They’re important. They’ve got to be top of the line and they’re going to do thousands of these a week.” (The White House, 3/28/20)

PRESIDENT TRUMP: “Earlier today, I spoke to the CEO of Boeing, Dave Calhoun. And Boeing will be producing and donating face shields to help our medical professionals on the frontlines. These are actually pretty intricate, in terms of the plastic and the quality of the materials. They’re important. They’ve got to be top of the line and they’re going to do thousands of these a week.” (The White House, 3/28/20) Ford Announced They Will Be Partnering With General Electric Healthcare To Produce 50,000 Ventilators In Less Than 100 Days. “It just came over the wires that Ford just announced, just a little while ago, that they will produce, along with General Electric Healthcare, 50,000 ventilators, and they’re going to be doing it in less than 100 days.”(The White House, 3/30/20)

Greg Hayes, From United Technologies, Said He Has Been Working With The Administration, And Has Donated Approximately 90,000 PPE And Will Continue To Produce More Supplies. GREG HAYES: “It’s — it’s imperative, I think, with FEMA, along with the Mr. Navarro’s office, that we coordinate all of these activities. Last week, we donated about 90,000 pieces of personal protective equipment to FEMA. Next week, we’ll have another almost million. Again, working through our supply chain partners around the world. We’re also today — this week, beginning the manufacture of face shields. Using the additive technologies that we have and the machines that we have available within UTC, we’ll be able to produce approximately 10,000 shields in the next four weeks — again, all needed equipment. We stand ready to help in any way we can. We don’t need the Defense Production Act to ask us to act. All of the people at UTC and Raytheon are focused on this war and winning it.” (The White House, 3/30/20)

CEO Of MyPillow, Mike Lindell, Said His Company Has Transitioned 75% Of Production To Produce Cotton Face Masks For Healthcare Workers, And Has The Capacity To Go From “10,000 Units A Day To 50,000 Units A Day.” “Minnesota-based company MyPillow is joining the effort to supply health care workers with the protective gear they need amid the COVID-19 pandemic. CEO Mike Lindell says about 75% of MyPillow's production will now be making cotton face masks for health care workers. He says about 90% of the company's sewers will be working on the masks. ‘We have capacity to make a lot of things at big rates and we’re going to be going hopefully from 10,000 units a day to 50,000 units a day in a very short period of time,’ said Lindell.” (Fox 10, 3/25/20)

Lindell Says He Worked With The Trump Administration “To Get The Proper Design,” And The Masks Will Be Going To The Hospitals In “Minnesota And Throughout The Country.” “He says MyPillow worked with a coalition from President Donald Trump's administration to get the proper design. ‘Something is better than nothing to get [health care workers] through,’ he said. The masks will be going to hospitals in Minnesota and throughout the country.” (Fox 10, 3/25/20)

CEO Of Jockey, Debra Waller, Said That She Has Partnered With Encompass Group To Produce Isolation Gowns, And Also Thanked The Federal Leadership Who Has Helped Them Prepare For Production, They Expect To Begin Delivering Up To 50,000 Gowns Per Week. “Jockey has had a longstanding partnership with Encompass Group, headquartered in Georgia, serving the healthcare community. When we learned of the critical need for PPE, we knew we had to help. That meant restarting production on tier three isolation gowns. Monumental lifting by Jockey, Encompass, FEMA, and the FDA was done in just a few days to be production ready. As a result, we expect to begin delivering 30- to 50,000 gowns per week, helping those that need it the most right now.” (The White House, 3/30/20)

Brooks Brothers Joined The White House’s Initiative To Protect Medical Professionals By Producing 150,000 Masks Per Day. “Brooks Brothers, America’s oldest retailer, today announced its response to the urgent call from the White House and other state and local leaders for medical supplies. The Company is in the process of converting its New York, North Carolina and Massachusetts factories from manufacturing ties, shirts and suits to now making masks and gowns. Brooks Brothers plans to use these facilities to produce up to 150,000 masks per day on an ongoing basis, to help increase access to protective gear for health care workers and others battling the spread of COVID-19 at the nation’s hospitals and other facilities. The company will also be producing gowns.”(Brooks Brothers, 3/30/20)

In Collaboration With The White House, David Taylor, CEO Of Procter And Gamble, Announced He Would Be Launching New Production Lines Of Masks To Be Donated To Hospitals And Relief Organizations. “Procter & Gamble CEO David Taylor was at the White House on Monday to discuss efforts the company is making to ramp up production of cleaning, health and hygiene products for families amid the coronavirus outbreak. The chief executive of the Cincinnati-based maker of consumer goods such as Mr. Clean all-purpose cleaner (NYSE: PG) also discussed the launch of new production lines to make alcohol-based hand sanitizer and masks, which are being used by P&G factory workers and also being donated to hospitals and relief organizations.” (Biz Journals, 3/30)

Co- Founder And CEO Of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Announced He Answered The White House’s Call To Provide Protective Gear By Donating 720,000 N95 Masks. “’Health workers urgently need more protective gear,’ Zuckerberg wrote. ‘To help, Facebook donated our emergency reserve of 720,000 masks that we had bought in case the [California] wildfires continued. We’re also working on sourcing millions of more to donate. I hope you’re all staying healthy and safe!’ The White House has issued a call for private companies to donate any N95 respiratory masks, which are designed to filter at least 95% of airborne particles. For Facebook, the donation of the masks is another opportunity to show it can be a force for good, amid a recent backlash against the company over concerns that it’s grown too big and powerful. As of the end of 2019, the social giant had nearly $55 billion in cash and equivalents.” (Variety, 3/22/20)

After Working With The Trump Administration, Tim Cook, CEO Of Apple, Announced He Would Be Donating 9 Million N95 Masks Across The Country And To The National Stockpile. VICE PRESIDENT PENCE: “And I spoke today, and the President spoke last week, with Tim Cook of Apple. And, at this moment in time, Apple went to their storehouses and is donating 9 million N95 masks to healthcare facilities at — all across the country and to the National Stockpile.” (White House, 3/24/20)

PRESIDENT TRUMP INVOKED THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT IN ORDER TO SPEED UP THE PRODUCTION AND OBTAINMENT OF CRITICALLY NEEDED PPE

President Trump Invoked The Defense Production Act To Call On Industries To Ensure PPE Equipment Is Produced Effectively, Efficiently And Quickly

As The Nation’s Industries Have Been Responding To The Coronavirus, The President Invoked The Defense Production Act To Be Used As Leverage “To Prompt Best Behavior And Information Sharing,” While Companies Produce Equipment To Combat The Virus. “The DPA is a powerful tool to be employed to protect the nation. The administration was right to deploy its authorities. Now that the nation’s industries are responding to the crisis, the best use of the DPA is as surgical tool for specific issues and as leverage to prompt best behavior and information sharing.” (National Interest, 4/6/20)

On March 27, 2020, President Trump Invoked The Defense Production Act (DPA) In An Effort To Have General Motors Produce Ventilators Quickly. “President Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act to compel General Motors to produce ventilators and separately implored GM and Ford to move as fast as possible to produce ventilators in a tweet last week.” (The Washington Post, 3/30/20)

P eter Navarro, The White House Defense Production Act Coordinator, Said That Ford And General Electric Are Speeding Up Production To Build Ventilators Since The Defense Production Act Was Put In Place. “White House Defense Production Act coordinator Peter Navarro said in a joint statement that Ford and GE are moving in ‘Trump time,’ referring to the speed of production, to build the devices. ‘We salute that effort and look forward to the first ventilators rolling off the Michigan assembly line in record time.’” (The Washington Post, 3/30/20)

“White House Defense Production Act coordinator Peter Navarro said in a joint statement that Ford and GE are moving in ‘Trump time,’ referring to the speed of production, to build the devices. ‘We salute that effort and look forward to the first ventilators rolling off the Michigan assembly line in record time.’” (The Washington Post, 3/30/20) “Both Companies Expect To Produce 1,500 By The End Of April, 12,000 By The End Of May, And 50,000 By July 4.”“Production of the critical-care devices is expected to begin with 500 United Auto Workers union members the week of April 20, according to executives at both companies. Ford’s Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan, will be able to produce 30,000 ventilators a month after early July, officials said. Ford and GE expect to produce 1,500 by the end of April, 12,000 by the end of May and 50,000 by July 4, officials said.” (CNBC, 4/3/20)

On April 2, 2020, President Trump Used The DPA To Help Companies Like General Electric Co., Hill- Rom Holdings Inc., Medtronic PLC, ResMed Inc., Royal Philips NV, And Vyaire Medical Secure Supplies They Need To Produce Ventilators. “President Trump on Thursday moved to use a Korean War-era national security mobilization law to help major manufacturers secure supplies companies need to make ventilators. In an order under the Defense Product Act, the president directed Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to ‘use any and all authority’ to supply materials to General Electric Co., Hill-Rom Holdings Inc., Medtronic PLC, ResMed Inc., Royal Philips NV and Vyaire Medical. The president praised the companies for ramping up production of the machines and said the order ‘will save lives by removing obstacles in the supply chain that threaten the rapid production of ventilators.’” (The Wall Street Journal, 4/2/20)

To Ensure That FEMA Has The Appropriate Amount Of PPE, The President Also Included That The Head Of FEMA Can Acquire However Many N95 Face Masks From 3M That He Deems Necessary To Combat The Crisis. “Additionally, the president said he signed “an element of the [DPA] against 3M.” That order authorizes the head of FEMA to acquire however many N95 face masks from the company he deems necessary for the crisis. And the administration indicated Thursday that more DPA orders could come soon, possibly related to black market activities.” (Politico, 4/2/20)

In An Effort To Prevent The Exportation Of Surgical Masks And Gloves During This Time, The President Enacted The DPA To On April 3, 2020, To Prevent “War Profiteers From Hoarding Supplies To Generate Foreign Demand.” “Trump invokes Defense Production Act to prevent export of surgical masks, gloves President Trump announced Friday evening that he is invoking the Defense Production Act (DPA) to prevent the export of surgical masks and gloves outside of the country. The White House said the order is intended to prevent ‘war profiteers’ from hoarding supplies to generate foreign demand and then exporting the goods, and that it will not interfere with the ability of manufacturers to export personal protection equipment (PPE) ‘when doing so is consistent with United States policy.’” (The Hill, 4/3/20)

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