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Senator Deb Fisher's announcement on March 6, 2025 hearing on the Defense Protection Act (DPA). Among Jerry McGinn's responses to Sen. Fishers questions include best use of DPA.
"Yes, the Defense Production Act is an incredibly powerful tool, and it is best used for national security defense purposes. And that’s how it’s been used during the development of the MRAP during the Afghanistan and Iraq War. That’s how it was used during COVID, and that’s how it’s being used to rebuild our defense industrial base in areas such as rare earth processing, castings, and forgings and the like, specialty chemicals. So, that is how it is best used," said McGinn. Adding, "And the more it is focused on national defense, it is not a political issue, therefore it’s a national security issue."
Additional questions focused on the National Defense Industrial Strategy, how to improve that strategy through mobilization and building exportability in systems.