Senators Seek Federal Government To Take Over Medical Supply Chain | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., along with Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, have introduced legislation requiring the federal government to take over the medical supply chain. Sen. Murphy joins Morning Joe to discuss. Aired on 4/1/2020.
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Senators Seek Federal Government To Take Over Medical Supply Chain | Morning Joe | MSNBC

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    1. @Dusty Rains – Dude. This looks like Russian propaganda. I remember seeing things like this from Russia during the cold war.

    2. THE CORONAVIRUS I SEE DIDNT SHUT DOWN IGNORANCE
      The real enemy is fear morons! YOU WILL LOSE YOUR FREEDOM AND EVERYONES THROUGH SPECULATION THE NUMBERS ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE NORMAL FLU NUMBERS BELOW, HERE IS MY PROBLEM

      (NOT SPECULATION CDC NUMBERS) 3-31-2020

      NORMAL FLU 54,000,000 CASES CORONA=50,000 CASES

      NORMAL FLU 500,000 HOSPITALIZATIONS CORONA=2500 HOSPITALIZATIONS

      NORMAL FLU 50,000 DEAD CORONA=4400

      NORMA FLU DIDNT EVEN SHUT DOWN THE GIRL SCOUT COOKIE DRIVE

      CORONA FLU SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE PLANET!

      BEAM ME UP SCOTTY THERE IS NO INTELLIGENT LIFE ON THIS PLANET

    3. @1810 Jeff So I guess that means only Trump Cult types were the only ones who went. Man that is so stupid but it figures.

    1. @Koley W If the truth is cavalier then I am guilty as charged. You understood and I used three words.

  1. Our military needs to oversee the logistics, supply chain for all equipment. They have the models and expertise. Good grief!

    1. That addresses the logistics, it still isn’t producing any of that stuff. For that to happen quickly, the FDA has to relax its regulations.

    2. Yes! I am no great fan of the military, but I do recognize the necessity for having a good military; and I also recognize their ability to carry out this sort of thing very well indeed. Look at the Army Corps of Engineers, who are doing a wonderful job with ridiculous means. Hats off to them. Get people who are trained and used to facing such logistical problems, and let them get on with it. We’ll save a ton of lives, and get things up and running more quickly. If we don’t… we’re only BEGINNING the downhill slide….

    3. If the president is being corrupt because of lobbying , then call him out for it… Twitter is a very good place to directly call him out and shame him …

    4. but but but free markets are the most efficient system to allocate scarce resources ….. because ..reason you dont want to end up like cuba do you…. (i mean OK they have a health system that …frankly is pretty good… even in spite of Americas continued embargo…) this is communism you want to government to …. im sorry i cant keep this up im laughing to hard sorry …

    1. Canada also sold 1000 @ 100/week to China before realizing too late they’d blocked that resource for themselves.

    2. Stephen Gordon I have been pasting it on every video I can but that’s not all I found out, the virus is engineered. Google professor Francis Boyle.

    3. He is a reality tv host that does not have any knowledge or understanding of how serious world issues work and he has thrown us under the bus and is embarrassing this whole Country ..

    1. @William Hodge sorry, this administration makes Carter look like the gold standard of efficiency. Plus they were squeaky clean, while Crooked Don the Con and his cronies are kleptocrats.

    2. KTBFF High You support a man who has been famous for being a liar since the 1980s. You know this by now and don’t care because you’re just as FOS as he is. Why should anyone give a flying crap what you have to say?

    3. Moe Snert I don’t understand why morons think it’s cute to abbreviate a word like you’re.

    1. And the leader of such STUPIDITY & INCOMPETENCE is Donald J. Trump*, the IMPOTUS3, the “Narcissist in Chief”.

    1. PPE and test kits priority goes to red states and states with groveling governors who praise the Dotard in charge.

    2. @james butler I’ve noticed the same thing; Republican governed Florida got 100% of it’s Federally funded requests immediately, Democrat governed Maine has gotten 5% , Democrat governed Mass. has gotten 17%, NY, Michigan and other blue states are telling similar stories.

    3. “This preservation of favorable variations and the destruction of injurious variations, I call Natural Selection or the Survival of the Fittest. Variations neither useful nor injurious would not be affected by natural selection and would be left a fluctuating element.” – Charles Darwin

  2. Any company that makes money off of increasing their prices on medical equipment should be made to pay back double the amount they stole by price gouging. I am sure we will find out that Trump and the GOP are making money off of this. They probably all own stock in these companies by now.

    1. Chrissyce oh you got that right. You know Trump and his gang is behind this. Trump would sell his parents head stones if he could make a business out of it.

  3. Even Doctors should know that the Senate, controlled by the Republican party is corrupt with only corrupt intent.

    1. And don’t forget all of the doctors that should be concerned with mass mental illness
      caused from fear and sedentary inside lifestyle. And all that are paid to “serve and protect” us.

  4. Republicans have long wanted an ineffective federal government. Now that they have it we see the ramifications.

    1. @Shawna Weesner On the spot: Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, W,, and Trump are all the result of the oligarchy and history has shown how ineffective they were.

    2. The last thing US needs is this corrupt administrationg running supply chains – or handing out money to businesses. This is horrible.

    1. Someday, something like M4A has to happen. But not to worry, Republicans will see it’s designed to provide plenty of profit to the insurance and pharma industries.

    2. I just talked to a trump supporter about this very subject. Their reply was ” I’ll talk to you later”. I have to be so careful not to bring up names with these issues, they know he’s the problem they just can’t face it. This person’s new source is fox, for which they kept quoting from

    3. @Irate Pirate If DT’s folks could just start thinking about their own interests! Unfortunately the tribal, racial element is simply too dominant.

    1. The ignorance of Trump & his administration makes me wonder if he already Knew that they can release treatments or a cure and now, they wait for profits, first. WHY would they make such ignorant and murderous decisions to deny the help for us Americans!??

    2. well.. its not a war profiteering .. its just how markets work … this is how they are meant to work on the frankly idiotic idea that the people who want a thing the most will pay the most for it ….that what “efficiently” is

  5. “When it comes to people’s safety, money wins out every time.”-Gil Scott Heron (We Almost Lost Detroit)

    1. Look at Germany where there’s a law that makes the rich pay for the crisis. That’s an example to follow.

    2. I’ve been saying that the Fed is staying out so the rich can capitalize on the situation. Glad to hear someone close to the info sz the same. Reinforces that I’m not totally nuts.

    3. A corrupt repub. governor that has dragged down Michigan. for the last number of years didn’t help either!

  6. TREASON: It is high time to charge Donald J. Trump* with TREASON.
    What more proof do we need, he plays for his benefit with the lives of the American people.
    “TREASON charges for TRUMP”.

    1. VOTING DOES NOT MATTER IN THIS COUNTRY WAKE THE F UP. They will always get their puppet and it will always revolve around money. Greed consumes these people almost always.

    2. @Stephen Riouxkeep getting herion out of Catholic Nancy Pelosi democratic sanctuary district before Trump steps in and cleans that mess up

    3. That is true he has betrayed the people and this country .. An embarrassment but he was a reality tv show host so those that voted him in got what they paid for .. and he laughed called it a hoax that the democrats were making up to make him lose the election and now he is laughing and joking at Korea about testing nuclear weapons saying they are gonna send A gift to America … We could be in more trouble then we think … God help us

    1. This is why people shouldn’t do drugs and go to the polls … He is a tv reality show host ..he doesn’t have a clue what he is suppose to be doing … he can not even make an informed decision we will be lucky to be alive before his term is up .. we would be better off to put the girl from Clueless in the White House…

  7. A *BIDDING WAR!* The ultimate obscenity! It’s “let’s make a deal!”

    *The government has failed in its most basic responsibility!*

    1. A business man as President, who brag about his ability to make great deals. What do you expect ???

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