03/02/2020
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"the fact of the matter is, Ford Motor--you may not know that--is now producing N95 masks in my district in Flat Rock, Michigan."
"But, Mr. Bowen, you talked about previously that you had ramped up production of masks and hired over 150 new workers during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic to meet the increased demand."
"But I want to ask you a question. Do you have any sense of how many more N95 masks would be on the market had the Federal Government has taken you up on your offer to reactivate N95 manufacturing line..."
"We are reopening factories, and the supplier community and the car manufacturers are putting stringent production, new protocols into place."