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Securing America's Vaccines for Emergencies Act of 2021

Floor Speech

Date: May 18, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

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Mr. VARGAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support my good friend, Representative Hill's, SAVE Act, H.R. 3146. As my good friend from Arkansas said, I am proud to be the lead cosponsor of this bill. The tailored focus on this bill on the supply chain portion of the Defense Production Act will help us in future preparedness for public health emergencies.

Among other things, it requires a detailed plan from the President to secure the medical material supply chain. Additionally, it amends the DPA, the Defense Production Act, to include medical materials among critical materials for which the supply chain must be secured.

As my good friend knows, we need to be prepared not only for this pandemic, unfortunately, for other medical emergencies that may come. We have heard that we may be entering an era of pandemics and we must be prepared.

Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend from Arkansas for his leadership, and I urge a ``yes'' vote on this bill's passage.

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