Trump should extend the DPA to cover Congress to get quality legislation out in a timely fashion.
Today, I signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use any and all authority available under the Defense Production Act to require General Motors to accept, perform, and prioritize Federal contracts for ventilators. Our negotiations with GM regarding its ability to supply ventilators have been productive, but our fight against the virus is too urgent to allow the give-and-take of the contracting process to continue to run its normal course. GM was wasting time. Today’s action will help ensure the quick production of ventilators that will save American lives.
What America did for WWII was staggering. America now can’t wipe its azz.
Can someone make me feel better about this? Does gm get some sort of tax breaks for this?
This is so icky.
GM instantly fell right in line the moment this EO was issued and begged for mercy and promised to quit screwing around and never let it happen again ...
Just how is GM going to build ventilators? What similarity do they have to cars? How are the assembly lines going to be set up to do this?
If the law was ruled unconstitutional in 1952 now is Trump using it today
Next, he should order the WaPo and NYT to make [softer] toilet paper.