Democrats Urge President to Use Defense Production Act to Open Schools

Democrats Urge President to Use Defense Production Act to Open Schools
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks at her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 26, 2020. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
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Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urged President Donald Trump to invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA) to ensure there is enough personal protection equipment (PPE) and testing to open schools safely in the fall.

The Speaker pushed for the DPA during a press conference on Wednesday to highlight the provisions in the Heroes Act which were passed by House Democrats in May but stalled in the Senate.

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