A lot of this is going to be, you know, a part of the continued scaling up of the. Of that capacity. You know, I asked President Trump three months ago to invoke the Defense Production Act so that we would have the mass production of all of those things that would ultimately be essential to making sure that we could reopen safely. and that if necessary, if there was an incident, that we could do the contact tracing on a massive basis. (23:41–23:58)
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Asserts that Edward Markey requested President Trump to invoke the Defense Production Act for mass production of essential items.
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