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Baldwin sponsors medical supply bill

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Wisconsin’s Tammy Baldwin is one of the Democratic Senators sponsoring a bill to increase production and distribution of supplies needed to test for COVID-19. 

During a conference call on Wednesday, Baldwin said there has been ‘chaos’ in the medical supply chain, under President Trump’s leadership.    

The ‘Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act’ calls for a centralized system for supplying masks and testing supplies to doctors and hospitals, and a civilian expert would be put in charge of the supply system.        

Baldwin, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, and Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut introduced the bill. 

Baldwin says the bill is aimed at ‘unlocking’ the Defense Production Act, to increase the amount of medical equipment needed to respond to coronavirus.

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A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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