Anonymous ID: fe034b April 3, 2020, 5:20 p.m. No.8677892   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>7992 >>8126 >>8256

Memorandum on

Allocating Certain Scarce or Threatened Health and Medical Resources to Domestic Use

 

** By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) (the "Act"), it is hereby ordered as follows:

 

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Anonymous ID: fe034b April 3, 2020, 5:25 p.m. No.8677960   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>8111 >>8126 >>8256

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 3, 2020

 

Statement from the President Regarding the Defense Production Act

 

America is at war against an invisible enemy. Unfortunately, the outbreak of the virus has led to wartime profiteering by unscrupulous brokers, distributors, and other intermediaries operating in secondary markets. This wartime profiteering is leading to hoarding and soaring prices for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) like masks, gloves, and N-95 respirators, all of which are needed to protect American citizens, including our heroic healthcare professionals, battling on the front lines.

 

The ability of wartime profiteers to purchase domestic supplies of scarce and critical materials, hoard them while they engage in profiteering and speculation, and then export them can generate foreign demand, and lead to price gouging. This conduct denies our country and our people the materials they need to win the war against the virus.

 

Wartime profiteers may include a large army of speculators and warehouse operators operating in the dark corners of our markets. They may also include some well-established PPE distributors with the ability to unscrupulously divert PPE inventories from domestic customers, such as hospitals and State governments, to foreign purchasers willing to pay significant premiums.

 

Todayโ€™s order is another step in our ongoing fight to prevent hoarding, price gouging, and profiteering by preventing the harmful export of critically needed PPE. It will help ensure that needed PPE is kept in our country and gets to where it is needed to defeat the virus.

 

Nothing in this order will interfere with the ability of PPE manufacturers to export when doing so is consistent with United States policy and in the national interest of the United States.

 

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Anonymous ID: fe034b April 3, 2020, 5:35 p.m. No.8678101   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>8175

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>Judge demands FBI provide new details about its surveillance

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>NOTABLE

 

AP story: FISA Judge demands FBI provide new details about its surveillance

 

(AP) โ€” The chief judge of a secretive national security court demanded Friday that the FBI provide him with details about some of its investigations after the Justice Department inspector general identified problems with more than two dozen wiretap applications.

 

The order from Judge James Boasberg signals growing concerns from the court that authorizes FBI surveillance about whether the bureau is providing inaccurate information when it applies to eavesdrop on suspected spies and terrorists. Those problems were highlighted in an earlier inspector general report about the FBIโ€™s Russia investigation, then amplified by a new audit this week that suggested far more pervasive problems in the bureauโ€™s use of its surveillance powers.

 

https://apnews.com/97670add1fecc69123aebc1510f478ff

Anonymous ID: fe034b April 3, 2020, 5:46 p.m. No.8678257   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Proclamation on Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2020

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The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 3, 2020

 

** Preparing the next generation to lead lives of purpose and significance is one of our foremost responsibilities. Education is essential to cultivating a spirit of curiosity and learning, developing character and conscience, and strengthening the will to work collaboratively. On Education and Sharing Day, we pay tribute to the family members, educators, mentors, clergy members, and other community leaders who invest in the lives of our Nation's youth through education and fostering kindness and caring for one another.

 

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