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\n A pair of Republicans leading powerful House committees are calling for the Department of Veterans Affairs to speed up efforts to decrease the agency\u2019s reliance on China for medical supplies, CNN has learned.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Covid-19 pandemic laid bare a dangerous vulnerability in America\u2019s medical supply chains that resulted in shortages of masks, respirators and other life-saving gear.\n <\/p>\n

\n Now, China Select Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher and Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost are warning the VA needs to do more to prevent a similar episode in the future.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic exposed the national security and public health risks of failing to guarantee adequate medical supplies. It is critical that we learn from this experience,\u201d the lawmakers wrote to VA Secretary Denis McDonough in a letter shared first with CNN.\n <\/p>\n

\n Bost and Gallagher point out that in early 2020, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) nationalized control of the production and distribution of medical supplies in China, rerouting shipments headed overseas to meet the country\u2019s skyrocketing internal demand.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThis led to a global shortage of medical supplies that was acutely felt here in the United States, impacting every health system, from the Department of Veteran Affairs down to small rural hospitals,\u201d the lawmakers said. \u201cIf our reliance on Chinese manufacturing and our lack of sufficient domestic production are not properly addressed, our public health supply chain will remain at risk of manipulation by the CCP, putting Americans in danger in future emergencies.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The VA is in focus because, as Bost and Gallagher note, it is the largest integrated health care system in America. As the biggest buyer of medical supplies among federal agencies, it has considerable influence.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed receiving the letter and said officials are working to respond to the lawmakers\u2019 questions.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cVA works diligently to purchase goods made in America whenever possible,\u201d Terrence Hayes, the VA press secretary, told CNN in a statement. \u201cWe are working in collaboration with other Federal entities as well as industry to identify U.S.-made products and to support the rebuilding of U.S. manufacturing capacity.\u00a0As a result, the vast majority of what VA purchases comes from domestic sources.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The day after taking office in January 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order instructing the VA to team up with the Defense Department, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Health and Human Services to build a national strategy on pandemic supply chain resilience.\n <\/p>\n

\n Those government agencies published a report in mid-2021 detailing goals for \u201cmaintaining a public health supply chain that is resilient against disruptions from pandemics and other biological threats.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n In their letter, Bost and Gallagher complained that report includes \u201cvery little detail\u201d about when and how to implement the new strategy.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cLike so many other government reports, we are concerned that this report is gathering dust on a shelf and failing to translate into action,\u201d the lawmakers said. \u201cWe need to reevaluate the conventional wisdom that just-in-time inventory is sufficient. Holding greater inventories may be somewhat more expensive, but it greatly increases the medical supply chain\u2019s reliability.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The Republicans argued the VA took some positive steps under former acting Under Secretary for Health Richard Stone, who stepped down in June 2021.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cMuch more must be accomplished,\u201d Bost and Gallagher wrote.\n <\/p>\n

\n According to World Trade Organization data, more than half of America\u2019s imports of Covid-19 critical goods came from just three partners: China (30.6%), Mexico (15.3%) and Malaysia (9%).\n <\/p>\n

\n The GOP letter to McDonough asks for answers to a series of questions by November 29, including whether the VA has participated in whole-of-government pandemic exercises on supply chain preparedness and whether the agency has assessed its dependence on China for medical supplies.\n <\/p>\n

\n Congress has attempted to take steps to boost the resilience of the nation\u2019s medical supply chain by easing dependence on goods from less friendly nations like China.\n <\/p>\n

\n In June, Democratic Sen. Tom Carper and Republican Sen. Thom Tillis introduced legislation that would empower the White House to negotiate trade deals on medical goods and services. That bill would give the US president targeted authority to enter into trade agreements or reduce tariffs with America\u2019s \u201ctrusted trade partners.\u201d\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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