By: Chris Katsaros
On March 13, 2020, President Trump addressed the nation with an update on the COVID-19 outbreak. His official proclamation can be found on the White House’s website.
“NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States…do hereby find and proclaim that the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States constitutes a national emergency, beginning March 1, 2020.”
By declaring the COVID-19 outbreak a national emergency, the President has made certain that he will be using the powers granted to him by the Stafford Act, which allows him to use disaster relief funds to help combat the global pandemic commonly known as the coronavirus.
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