In a statement, the White House said Biden will use the Defense Production Act to improve the domestic manufacturing of medicines deemed crucial for national security and will convene the first meeting of the president’s supply chain resilience council to announce other measures tied to the production and shipment of goods.

The Defense Production Act of 1950, which was passed to streamline production during the Korean war, was last used in early 2021 during the coronavirus pandemic to accelerate and expand the availability of ventilators and personal protective equipment.

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    Watch Republicans somehow find a way to complain about lower prices and call Biden a dictator.

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      Remember kids, capitalism for profits and socialism for losses makes the world go round just right…

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      Remember when gas prices dropped a few months after he took office and everyone on the right complained that he was hurting small business owners by making them eat the cost difference for the expensive fuel?