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Trump to use Defense Production Act for coronavirus test kits

The administration had decided to use the Defense Production Act because there are some test kits we need to get ou
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  • The administration had decided to use the Defense Production Act because there are some test kits we need to get our hands on.

Peter Gaynor, the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator, told CNN the administration had decided to use the Defense Production Act because "there are some test kits we need to get our hands on." It would be the first time the act is being used for the coronavirus crisis.