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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4534313" data-attributes="member: 54375">&quot;Since May, the Trump administration has paid a fledgling Texas company $7.3 million for test tubes needed in tracking the spread of the coronavirus nationwide. But, instead of the standard vials, Fillakit LLC has supplied plastic tubes made for bottling soda, which state health officials say are unusable.&nbsp; The Federal Emergency Management Agency <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus-contracts/contracts/70FB7020D00000029" target="_blank">signed its first deal</a> with Fillakit on May 7, just six days after the company was formed by an ex-telemarketer repeatedly accused of fraudulent practices over the past two decades. Fillakit has supplied a total of more than 3 million tubes, which FEMA then approved and sent to all 50 states. If the company fulfills its contractual obligation to provide 4 million tubes, it will receive a total of $10.16 million. &quot;ProPublica</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4534313, member: 54375"] "Since May, the Trump administration has paid a fledgling Texas company $7.3 million for test tubes needed in tracking the spread of the coronavirus nationwide. But, instead of the standard vials, Fillakit LLC has supplied plastic tubes made for bottling soda, which state health officials say are unusable. The Federal Emergency Management Agency [URL='https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus-contracts/contracts/70FB7020D00000029']signed its first deal[/URL] with Fillakit on May 7, just six days after the company was formed by an ex-telemarketer repeatedly accused of fraudulent practices over the past two decades. Fillakit has supplied a total of more than 3 million tubes, which FEMA then approved and sent to all 50 states. If the company fulfills its contractual obligation to provide 4 million tubes, it will receive a total of $10.16 million. " ProPublica [/QUOTE]

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