beforehand. >> unfortunately we have plenty of vaccine supply. thats not a problem. we don't have enough tests. this is something we should have been on top of for months. i'm disappointed this is where we are as a country right now. >> two months ago the biden administration rejected a proposal from several public health experts for free rapid tests for the holidays. based on what many other countries are already doing. the concept the white house press secretary derided earlier this month. according to "vanity fair." the white house argues there wasn't enough production capacity on the market in october. take a look at the american rescue plan, supposed to address all of this. vaccine treatment and development. vaccine distribution, $9 billion. detection, testing and tracing at $47 billion. surveillance and covid supplies come in at the defense production act at another $10 billion. overall that entire package cost about $2 trillion.