WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) released a plan of action that offers solutions to protect the health and well-being of North Carolinians, defeat COVID-19, and help us return safely to our normal lives.
Tillis’ plan of action calls for reforms to boost the domestic production and safety of PPE for health care and frontline workers, expedite the approval and deployment of testing, and promote faster treatment and cures while preventing adversaries like Russia and China from sabotaging our progress.
Tillis’ plan also offers commonsense solutions to help keep North Carolina families, workers, and job creators safe and highlights Tillis’ support for federal assistance for child care services and funding for states to ensure students are provided with a safe and quality education.
Read Senator Tillis’ full plan here.
“Our state and nation are at war with COVID-19, and my sole focus is protecting the physical and economic health of North Carolinians so we can defeat this virus and safely return back to our normal lives,” said Senator Tillis. “I’ve been working across the aisle to support our hospitals, save jobs, and help North Carolinians during this crisis. While we’ve made progress, we still have work to do to get through this pandemic, which is why I’m offering a plan of action to advance testing, boost PPE production, and protect the jobs and livelihoods of North Carolinians who are weathering this storm.”
Summary of the Tillis plan
Ensure we all do our individual part in the war against COVID-19
- Listen to our medical professionals and follow CDC guidelines.
- Wear a facial covering to slow the spread.
Protect N.C. jobs and small businesses
- Keep employees and customers safe through proactive safety plans.
- Implement liability protections to shield small businesses from frivolous lawsuits.
- Pass Sen. Tillis’ bill to protect consumers from price gouging during a national emergency.
Strengthen America’s PPE supply chain
- Pass Sen. Tillis’ bill to improve the Strategic National Stockpile and strengthen domestic PPE manufacturing.
- Ensure the safety of PPE for our frontline workers.
- Improve pivot capacity to enable businesses to accelerate the production of PPE.
Boost hospital preparedness, testing, and data sharing
- Promote Public/Private partnerships to advance testing and surveillance to help stop the spread.
- Improve data sharing to better identify and assist areas of greatest need.
Support and protect America’s medical research and development
- Push a strong commitment to sustained, robust medical research funding.
- Punish bad foreign actors like Russia and China for hacking and trying to sabotage our vaccine research.
Federal support for children, parents, and schools
- Assistance for child care centers to help them safely reopen and provide states with flexibility to implement plans to support child care services.
- Assistance for states to support the safe reopening of schools and support for long-distance learning.
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