President Trump announced the new role for the Development Finance Corp. in May while touring Owens & Minor Inc., a medical supply company in Allentown, Pa.President Trump announced the new role for the Development Finance Corp. in May while touring Owens & Minor Inc., a medical supply company in Allentown, Pa.The renewed surge in coronavirus cases has left some states once again scrambling to find supplies of masks, gowns, gloves and other medical supplies.
"You have one job already. We want you to do that job well. It's a big job," a Democratic congressional aide told NPR, explaining the challenges of standing up a new agency."And now the president has an idea and doesn't check with anybody."Some members of Congress and other Washington insiders were stunned to hear the president tell a group of Pennsylvania factory workers in May that he was giving the Development Finance Corp. a new job.
"The Congress was very clear in rewriting the legislation, in writing the Build Act, in giving the DFC a very strong development mandate that fits in with U.S. foreign policy," Ingram said."It did not have a domestic mandate." Boehler brings experience from the private sector, where he started a home healthcare company before joining the Trump administration as a top official at Health and Human Services. Boehler is a close friend of Jared Kushner, Trump's adviser and son in law, and helped the White House coronavirus task force boost ventilator supplies during the early months of the pandemic crisis, when there were fears that hospitals would run short.
"As the federal government responds to the coronavirus pandemic, it's important that its work is being done efficiently and without impacting other critical functions," said Nita Lowey, chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, in a statement to NPR.
HC_Richardson Money for contributors. Who would have thought it?
Misappropriated funds! This is not what the agency was created for. Grifters gotta grift
The House is a group of poorly educated types that need to crawl in the corner and stay quiet.
Democrats will do anything to make Trump look bad. Talk about being desperate.
Thank you President Trump for looking out for Americans. If Congress had not been hiding out at home in their refrigerators they would have assisted in these important decisions.
corporations will NOT use the loans for that purpose ! they will buy back stock instead !
As it should be America first there's no reason why we should be giving foreign aid to anybody America needs to give aid to herself he was just too many people living on the streets too many children going hungry too many veterans being forgotten and abused America first 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Trump is a manipulator, but a lousy one.
More abuse if appropriation funds, are without Congressional approval like he did with taking money from DoD for his wall. This is illegal. You can claim stupidity the first time. Charge him with misappropriation of federal funds.
OMG | when can we call him unfit for the Job and demote him
The richest nation on earth and we continue to run out of basic med supplies?! Trump and his cult’s delusional mindset on the pandemic are killing Americans! We must all lock arms, Republican, independents and Democrats- to boot Trump and his unholy cult from American politics.
Proof that the DIYer in the Oval Office is a hostile takeover-er. Garry Trudeau, you are on target!
wait....wat? FOREIGN AID Agency directed to provide DOMESTIC AID? Sometimes I feel like I'm watching him run a 3 card Monty table on a NYC street when he starts trying to divert money.