{"id":1201,"date":"2020-05-19T14:38:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T14:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosen-testing.senate.gov\/2020\/05\/19\/rosen-cortez-masto-colleagues-urge-president-trump-to-ramp-up-testing-in-response-to-covid-19-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T20:23:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T20:23:48","slug":"rosen-cortez-masto-colleagues-urge-president-trump-to-ramp-up-testing-in-response-to-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2020\/05\/19\/rosen-cortez-masto-colleagues-urge-president-trump-to-ramp-up-testing-in-response-to-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosen, Cortez Masto, Colleagues Urge President Trump to Ramp Up Testing in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black\">WASHINGTON, D.C.&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black\">U.S. Senators Jacky&nbsp;Rosen&nbsp;(D-NV) and Catherine<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>Cortez<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>Masto&nbsp;(D-NV) joined Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump in response to the<\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">recent Testing<span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:black\">Blueprint that the Administration recently released.<\/span><\/span><u1_p><\/u1_p><o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black\">\u201cOur public health, government, and business leaders need information about who has COVID-19, who needs to be isolated or quarantined, and who may be immune due to previous infection,\u201d&nbsp;<b>wrote&nbsp;the Senators.<\/b>&nbsp;\u201cThe only way to get that information is&nbsp;testing: widespread, fast, free&nbsp;testing&nbsp;\u2014and&nbsp;the only way to accomplish&nbsp;testing&nbsp;on the scale needed is a nationally coordinated effort. Experts predict we will need to be able to administer at least 500,000 tests per day as part of an effective&nbsp;testing&nbsp;regime.\u201d<\/span><u1_p><\/u1_p><o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">\u201c<span style=\"color:black\">We urge you to quickly allocate the $25 billion provided in the law to ramp up&nbsp;testing&nbsp;in a manner that optimizes public health and promotes equity.&nbsp;Further, we expect prompt formulation, reporting, and implementation of a highly detailed and specific national strategic plan, as required in the&nbsp;<i>Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act<\/i>. Your Administration must take a \u201cwhole of society\u201d approach that will quickly scale and optimize COVID-19&nbsp;testing, help build a massive workforce to trace and mitigate additional community spread, and help get America back to work,<\/span>\u201d<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><b>the Senator\u2019s letter continued.<\/b><\/span><u1_p><\/u1_p><o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black\">Read the Senators\u2019 full letter<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-05\/050520%20Schumer%20Murray%20Testing%20letter%20Trump_FINAL4.pdf\/\">aqu\u00ed<\/a> and below.<\/span><\/b><u1_p><\/u1_p><o_p><\/o_p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\">Dear President Trump:<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\">We write regarding the implementation of the testing provisions of the&nbsp;<i style=\"box-sizing: border-box\">Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act&nbsp;<\/i>and the critical need for additional action to increase COVID-19 testing in the United States. We are deeply troubled by the lack of detail and strategy in your testing blueprint, and we fundamentally reject the notion that the federal government bears this little responsibility in increasing testing capacity.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\">Our public health, government, and business leaders need information about who has COVID-19, who needs to be isolated or quarantined, and who may be immune due to previous infection. The only way to get that information is testing: widespread, fast, free testing \u2014 and&nbsp;the only way to accomplish testing on the scale needed is a nationally coordinated effort.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\">While states and Tribes play a critical role in the COVID-19 response, there are certain responsibilities that can only be fulfilled by the federal government. The Trump Administration must not shirk its responsibilities and leave states and Tribes to fend for themselves. For example, only the Executive Branch can solve the underlying problems of coordination in the supply chain and synthesize epidemiological data at a national level to help states, Tribes, businesses, and health care providers prepare for and respond to the trajectory of the pandemic. A plan that fails to address these critical elements will fall short of laying the groundwork for the robust response the country requires to move forward in this crisis.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\">We urge you to quickly allocate the $25 billion provided in the law to ramp up testing in a manner that optimizes public health and promotes equity.&nbsp; Further, we expect prompt formulation, reporting, and implementation of a highly detailed and specific national strategic plan, as required in the&nbsp;<i style=\"box-sizing: border-box\">Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act<\/i>. Your Administration must take a \u201cwhole of society\u201d approach that will quickly scale and optimize COVID-19 testing, help build a massive workforce to trace and mitigate additional community spread, and help get America back to work.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\">We call on your Administration to ensure every state and Tribe has enough testing kits, supplies, equipment, and public health personnel to conduct widespread testing. <o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\">While you claim that \u201cwe have plenty of testing,\u201d numerous experts, including those in your own Administration, say that our testing capacity is inadequate and far from what is needed to contain the outbreak. Had you implemented an aggressive testing plan and listened to experts since the beginning of this outbreak, instead of denying responsibility, our country would not be in the position it is today.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\">The United States should not have to settle for anything less than best practices and the highest standard possible in our fight against this virus. We stand ready to do bipartisan work to increase testing capacity as high as necessary to fully address this threat, and as part of this work, your Administration needs to fundamentally revisit how much testing capacity it must build. To achieve this goal, there are at least three essential steps the Administration must take:<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" style=\"margin-top:0in\" type=\"1\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;     tab-stops:list .5in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;     font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Use the full authority of the Executive Branch, including the Defense Production Act and the money allocated in the&nbsp;<i style=\"box-sizing: border-box\">Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act,<\/i>&nbsp;to ensure sufficient production of testing kits and materials, such as swabs, reagents, and personal protective equipment, to meet demand.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;     tab-stops:list .5in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;     font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">In coordination with the states and Tribes, increase laboratory capacity to meet demand.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;     tab-stops:list .5in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;     font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">In coordination with the states and Tribes, increase public health capacity and personnel, including building up a massive contact tracing workforce, to identify and isolate or quarantine COVID-19 cases and contain the disease\u2019s spread.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\">The development of a comprehensive national strategic plan of action within 30 days \u2013 as required by the&nbsp;<i style=\"box-sizing: border-box\">Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act \u2013&nbsp;<\/i>is essential to meeting this goal. The plan should include detail, including concrete numbers for capacity targets, corresponding supply needs, and timelines for completion, on how your Administration plans to:<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" style=\"margin-top:0in\" type=\"1\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;     tab-stops:list .5in;background:white\"><b style=\"box-sizing: border-box\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Create a pipeline for the development and manufacturing of tests and testing supplies<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">, including specific plans to:<o_p><\/o_p><\/span>\n<ol start=\"1\" style=\"margin-top:0in\" type=\"1\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo2;      tab-stops:list 1.0in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;      font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Establish a highly functioning supply chain with sufficient availability of all necessary testing materials and supplies;<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo2;      tab-stops:list 1.0in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;      font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Explicitly assess the rate-limiting factors and bottlenecks in the supply chain and communicate this information publicly to state, local, tribal, and territorial leaders, academic and industry stakeholders, and health care providers; and<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo2;      tab-stops:list 1.0in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;      font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Develop and validate accurate, reliable tests for COVID-19, with a focus on tests and processes that deliver rapid results.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" style=\"margin-top:0in\" type=\"1\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;     tab-stops:list .5in;background:white\"><b style=\"box-sizing: border-box\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Work to efficiently and comprehensively administer tests<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">&nbsp;across the United States, including specific plans to:<o_p><\/o_p><\/span>\n<ol start=\"1\" style=\"margin-top:0in\" type=\"1\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3;      tab-stops:list 1.0in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;      font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Allocate tests and other necessary supplies in a manner that optimizes public health and equity;<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3;      tab-stops:list 1.0in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;      font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Ensure sufficient testing-related personnel;<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3;      tab-stops:list 1.0in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;      font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Ensure sufficient laboratory capacity and prioritize rapid turnaround times for test results;<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3;      tab-stops:list 1.0in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;      font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Enforce the&nbsp;<i style=\"box-sizing: border-box\">Families First Coronavirus Response Act<\/i>&nbsp;to ensure patients are tested with no cost sharing; and<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3;      tab-stops:list 1.0in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;      font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Implement an antibody testing program in the United States to identify people who are potentially immune to COVID-19.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" style=\"margin-top:0in\" type=\"1\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;     tab-stops:list .5in;background:white\"><b style=\"box-sizing: border-box\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Prioritize the health and safety of the entire population<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">&nbsp;in using testing to inform policy decisions, including specific plans to:<o_p><\/o_p><\/span>\n<ol start=\"1\" style=\"margin-top:0in\" type=\"1\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo4;      tab-stops:list 1.0in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;      font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Ensure equity in the response to COVID-19, including addressing inequities in outcomes based on race, ethnicity, sex, age, disability status, geographic location, and more;<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Achieve sufficient testing capacity in every community, including those that often struggle to access health care: rural and frontier areas, communities with health professional shortages, medically underserved areas, underserved populations, and Native American communities, including both those in Indian Country, and those served by Urban Indian organizations; and<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" style=\"margin-top:0in\" type=\"1\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5;tab-stops:     list .5in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:     &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Make testing available to vulnerable populations at increased risk of morbidity or mortality related to COVID-19, including people with disabilities.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" style=\"margin-top:0in\" type=\"1\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6;     tab-stops:list .5in;background:white\"><b style=\"box-sizing: border-box\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Use testing data to protect the public health.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">This will require unprecedented investment in and implementation of a robust public health workforce and infrastructure, which will perform contact tracing as well as leverage data produced by mass testing, including specific plans to:<o_p><\/o_p><\/span>\n<ol start=\"1\" style=\"margin-top:0in\" type=\"1\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo6;      tab-stops:list 1.0in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;      font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Strengthen electronic reporting of test results and patient outcomes;<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo6;      tab-stops:list 1.0in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;      font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Expand epidemiological surveillance for COVID-19 to track cases and, if applicable, immunity;<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo6;      tab-stops:list 1.0in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;      font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Conduct extensive high precision contact tracing, isolation, and quarantine, including specific plans to quickly recruit and train a significant new contract tracing workforce; and<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"color:#333333;text-align:justify;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo6;      tab-stops:list 1.0in;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;      font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Leverage data about health disparities to ensure an equitable response.<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\">While the&nbsp;<i style=\"box-sizing: border-box\">Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act<\/i>&nbsp;took important steps on testing, these are merely first steps. Your Administration needs to do much more to stand up enough testing to effectively trace, control, and suppress the spread of the virus, and it is essential that you do so in a manner that is transparent and accountable. The health of our nation \u2014 physically, behaviorally, and economically \u2014 depends on it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\"><o_p>&nbsp;<\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:#333333\">Sincerely,<o_p><\/o_p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA\">###<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;U.S. Senators Jacky&nbsp;Rosen&nbsp;(D-NV) and Catherine&nbsp;Cortez&nbsp;Masto&nbsp;(D-NV) joined Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump in response to the&nbsp;recent Testing&nbsp;Blueprint that the Administration recently released. \u201cOur public health, government, and business leaders need information about who has COVID-19, who needs to be isolated or quarantined, and who may be [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-1201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press_release","tag-covid-19"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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