Whitehouse said he is still pressing for details because he's been assured it did not come from House or Senate Democrats. Mnuchin said he would respond to this letter, according to Whitehouse.

@HolmesJosh  I wish it had something to do with a sense of style but it unfortunately was out of necessity: I couldn’t turn on the recorder on my phone while wearing the glove

Fauci made the point to the GOP that opening things back up doesn't mean going back to business as usual right away. They said to get to that point, there needs to be a robust system of testing and contact tracing.

The task force made clear they are still working on a massive increase in testing and are working to get there. Abbot hopes to have 2 million per month of the 15-minute tests available by May, but there was a recognition that that is still short of what's needed.

There was discussion that the existing 18,000 tests from Abbot aren't being fully utilized. Sources in both parties say more needs to be done to get to widespread test availability.

Sen. Ron Johnson asked about hydroxychloroquine, and FDA’s Stephen Hahn indicated that the company that manufactures the drug is ramping up production with the goal of 50 million shipments. Hahn cautioned they are working with doctors to make sure they understand limits of drug

Trump says the US testing system is the “best in the word” even as his task force acknowledged to senators today that more needs to be done to ensure there is widespread testing available - especially before they reopen the economy