Part 1: Protecting the Reliability of the U.S. Medical Supply Chain During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Second Session, July 28, 2020   [open pdf - 684KB]

This is the July 28, 2020 hearing on "Part 1: Protecting the Reliability of the U.S. Medical Supply Chain During the COVID-19 Pandemic," held before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. From the opening statement of Chuck Grassley: "Today, we will hear from witnesses who represent the Office of Procurement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]'s Homeland Security Investigations. [...] [W]e must come together to address vulnerabilities in our Nation's supply chain. I hope today we can have a good-faith discussion so that we can better understand what we as a Congress need to do to protect America's front-line workers." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Soraya Correa, Thomas F. Overacker, and Steve Francis.