FEMA chief contradicts Trump, saying the Defense Production Act still hasn't been used to get critical supplies for coronavirus fight

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• The president has not yet made use of the Defense Production Act to get critical supplies to the frontlines of the coronavirus fight, FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor told CNN Sunday.
• The admission comes just two days after Trump said he was using the law and told reporters that he had directed "a lot" of companies to produce things like masks and ventilators.
• "We cannot wait until people start really dying in large numbers to start production," New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Sunday, warning that medical facilities in her hard-hit state do not have enough of the supplies they need.
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President Donald Trump has invoked but not yet started using the Defense Production Act (DPA) to get companies to manufacture critical supplies for the fight against the coronavirus, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Pete Gaynor revealed to CNN's Jake Tapper Sunday.

"No. We haven't yet," Gaynor replied when asked on CNN's "State of the Union" if the Trump administration has ordered any companies to make more of any critical medical supplies needed on the front lines of the coronavirus fight.

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