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Saturday, 08/15/2020 8:42:20 PM

Saturday, August 15, 2020 8:42:20 PM

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"Yes, we want to increase testing. There is no physical way to do 5 million tests per day in this country. If there's a way to turn it from 1 million to 5 million today, let me know," Adm. Brett Giroir told CNN's Pamela Brown on "The Lead."

Pressed if the Trump administration had exhausted its executive authority to acquire additional supplies for labs processing Covid-19 tests, Giroir said, "I'm going to say, definitively, yes."

"If there is a good idea, I want to hear it. We use investments. We use the (Defense Production Act). We do everything. So, you know, and I kind of feel OK because when Dr. Jha come on TV and attacks whether I care about this country and my patriotism, I figure if you have to stoop that low, the rest of the things must be doing OK," Giroir said.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/politics/us-coronavirus-testing-trump-administration-cnntv/index.html