Lamar Alexander

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Thu May 07 14:24:03 +0000 2020

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Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

We worked to include in the most recent coronavirus legislation $1.5 billion for a competitive “shark tank”– what @NIHDirector calls the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) Initiative—to utilize the capacities of government itself, in coordination with the private sector... — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 7, 2020

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Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

Throughout March and April, Senator @RoyBlunt and I had many conversations with experts across the government and the private sector, and couldn’t find anyone who believed that current technology could produce the tens of millions of tests necessary to put this virus behind us. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 7, 2020

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Lamar Alexander @SenAlexander

…to pull out all the stops and fast track new technologies designed to produce tens of millions of tests by August. We allocated another $1 billion to the @BARDA, to work with NIH to accelerate production of these tests. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 7, 2020