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Challenges we're hearing about covid testing? >> thank you so much for this very important question. testing remains a critical priority for this administration. when we saw the unprecedented cases of omicron in south africa and europe, we immediately reached out to our manufacturers to understand any supply con straights they had and to evaluate their surge capacity. we have also met daily with them to make sure that they have what they need from their suppliers and have used the defense production act authorities 12 times throughout this pandemic in support of testing needs. most recently in...

Have been entirely preventable as is evidenced by the availability, the widespread availability of rapid tests in europe, for example. the fact is that it appears the administration simply failed to anticipate our testing needs. as the former assistant secretary of health recently pointed out, a lack of federal orders for tests between january and september of 2021 caused the manufacturers to reduce their lines and lay workers off, including at abbott facilities in the state of maine where 400 workers were laid off. as a member of the appropriations committee, i share the concerns that have be...

Borderlining too late for vaccinations that happen now to work for this. you also say that n-95 are the only masks that make a difference and they're not widely available and testing is inadequate. >> well, let's take each of those. they're very important points. first of all, if you look at the issue of testing, every country in the world is in the soup. the united kingdom and israel were touted as having the best testing programs in the world with the most availability and they have the same challenges that we have. this is a surge. it's like a level 6 hurricane hit us. testing needs are inc...

Impossible. there were only a handful of authorized at-home tests, and plummeting demand during the summer cause several test makers to downscale production. republicans have seized on the failure. two senators calling out a quote fundamental lack of strategy and failure to anticipate future testing needs. in his first network interview, the white house's new testing coordinator responding. >> this administration's been pursuing a strategy to expand testing since its earliest days and will continue to do that. >> reporter: the white house did take steps to boost production in the late summer a...

Welcome back. every time we enter a new year, the hope is for a fresh start, but when it comes to politics, 2022 could shape up to be even more unpleasant than before. "the daily beast" created a look ahead to politics in 2022, saying, quote, the crazy isn't over yet. so what are the top issues our political climate faces this year? the first is the omicron surge, or as the "daily beast" puts it, a fresh episode of pandemic hell. it is still the biden administration's top challenge as they race to meet testing needs and combat misinformation over the vaccine. the second is the economy and conc...