The order came at a time when state and local officials have been crying for increased supplies of critical medical equipment from the federal government, with Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York State sounding one of the most striking alarms.
Cuomo, a Democrat and New York native, said at a news briefing Tuesday that his state needs 30,000 additional ventilators to meet the exploding demand, as the state now leads all other states in both confirmed cases and fatalities. "Only the federal government has that power. And not to exercise that power is inexplicable to me," he said.
However, Vice President Pence said on the same day that only 4,000 ventilators will be shipped to the state, while Trump questioned Cuomo's number in an interview with Fox News on Thursday night.
"We desperately needed the Defense Production Act invoked to ensure the production of life-saving ventilators," Cuomo tweeted shortly after Trump's GM announcement. "We are relieved that just happened."
Passed by Congress in 1950 as a response to the Korean War, the DPA authorizes the president to direct companies to increase the production of national defense-related items. It also entitles the president to control the distribution of supplies deemed critical.
Trump signed an executive order on March 18 invoking the law, amid the drastically deteriorating situation the country faced in the coronavirus outbreak. The president had been unwilling to actually use the law in the following days, claiming it was unnecessary for the time being.
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