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GOP Rep. Rosendale Blasts Congress for Not Holding Hearings on Formula Shortage Until May 25
During an interview on Newsmax TV on Wednesday, Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) reacted to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce announcing that it will hold hearings on the national shortages of baby formula on May 25 by wondering how there can be “that kind of a delay on something as important as baby formula” and “We have had scheduling problems” in Congress since the day he took office.
Rosendale said, “We have had scheduling problems since the day I was sworn into office, and I could not run my businesses the way that the Democrats are running Congress right now, and for us to have that kind of a delay on something as important as baby formula. It’s not like infants can have some kind of a substitute. Adults, okay, we may not like it, but we can change the kind of things that we consume in our diet. We could struggle through. You cannot do that with infants. I have a grandchild that was just born within the last 30 days, and I’ve got major concerns. This is very personal to me about what in the world is going to happen with these formula supplies.”
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Pollak: Joe Biden Is Letting Babies Go Hungry in America
President Joe Biden is failing to address the acute shortage of baby formula across the country, which is resulting in panic for mothers, for whom formula is a necessary supplement or substitute for breast milk.
The New York Times reported Tuesday: “A Baby Formula Shortage Leaves Desperate Parents Searching for Food.” A headline once impossible in America.
On Wednesday, incoming press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked who at the White House was “running point” on the baby shortage. She had no idea.
Instead, she assured reporters that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was rushing to make sure formula is “safe.” She blamed “Abbott’s voluntary recall of infant formula products,” which took place after four infants were hospitalized, and two died, though there is no proven link yet with the formula itself, according to the FDA.(The White House cannot get its message straight: on Monday, press secretary Jen Psaki said the FDA had “issued” the recall.)
Meanwhile, desperate mothers are considering their options: driving for hours to find formula somewhere; trying to restart breast-feeding; or even trying to create their own homemade substitutes, which the government has advised them not to do.
They face the prospect of being unable to feed hungry, panicked, and crying infants, who are incapable of understanding why their mothers, who have nurtured them every moment of their lives thus far, are somehow, suddenly, declining to feed them.
If this were the Trump administration, the media would have been demanding answers. They would have been insisting that the president invoke the Defense Production Act, as they did of Trump during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
And Trump would have taken charge.
As former aide Stephen Miller argued, “There’d of course be no formula shortage if 45 were in office. But pretending there was: he’d have instantly issued [executive orders], brought formula CEOs to Oval Office for public mtg, held Cab Mtg to break all logjams, told FDA head fix or be fired, made all staff work overtime till SOLVED.” What Biden does is pass the buck, despite promising voters in 2020: “I’ll take responsibility instead of blaming others.”
Biden agrees that it is a scandal when Americans go hungry. He shouted during a speech Wednesday: “Remember those long lines you’d see in a television and people lining up in all kinds of vehicles just to get a box of food in their trunk?” He added that the “MAGA crowd” wanted to ignore the destitute.
Never mind that Trump sent Americans stimulus checks; suspended rent and student loans; and gave businesses billions in emergency loans, while Democrats imposed mandates and lockdowns.
Well, now we have another hunger crisis — one that affects the most vulnerable human beings in our society. And it is not enough to blame a recall, or the pandemic. Americans want Biden to do something. But he is letting babies go hungry.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. His recent book, RED NOVEMBER, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
Maryland Mom of Twins Worries over Baby Formula Shortage: ‘This Is Scary!’
A Maryland mom of four is furious at the Biden administration for the current state of affairs in the country — particularly the supply chain crisis and the impact it is having on her children, as she struggles to find formula for her 10-month-old twins.
“I have enough formula for two babies for 14 days,” Kayla Zurenko, a mom of four, told Fox News Digital, explaining that she has searched the tri-state area for formula for her babies. “Where am I going to find formula after that?”
“This has GOT to be addressed!!!!” she wrote on Facebook on May 9. “Raise the gas prices, inflate the food, but give our babies the food they NEED!!!! How the hell did this just become optional?”
She continued:
I shouldn’t have to search a tri-STATE area for baby formula – and STILL not find any! My online orders are being canceled, stores are out, with no end in sight. I have enough formula for 14 more days and I’ve got TWO babies! It has become a full time job for me searching daily for formula to ensure we don’t run out but every day, I come up empty! I don’t see anyone outraged over this besides PARENTS.
For now, Zurenko is trying to find workarounds, as her family in other parts of the country are checking local stores for baby formula and sending it to her if they have any. But even when they do find some, the family runs into snags, as customers are typically limited to purchasing a certain amount as stores such as Walgreens and CVS are rationing the supply.
“I have to show them pictures of my twins,” she said. “I’m like, ‘Look, I really have two babies.’”
“Formula is fundamental for all of us moms who don’t have a choice in the matter. And we’re going to have babies that are malnourished,” she said, adding that people are complaining about gas prices and inflation, but pointing out, “at least food and gas are available.”
“Gas is way too high and it’s overpriced. But it’s available — that is the difference.”
“I would almost rather the formula be available and the prices inflated, like everything else in the country right now,” she said, adding that the Biden administration would likely be “jumping in” to “fight” the battle if the country ran out of gas rather than formula.
A mother of twins feeds her babies. (Getty Images)
Biden’s baby formula shortage has driven countless parents across the country into panic, as they tell the stories of their struggles to access nourishment for their babies.
“Since early April, baby formula out-of-stock rates have soared to 40 percent across the country, according to our analysis,” Ben Reich, CEO of Datasembly told Breitbart News.
“Baby formula demonstrated inflationary spikes in July of 2021, and the situation has continued to worsen the first few months of 2022. Inflation, supply chain shortages and product recalls have continued to bring volatility to the category, and continues to be one of the most affected products in the market,” he added.
This week, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) attributed the baby formula shortage to the economic shutdown during the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has yet to allow an Abbott Laboratories plant in Sturgis, Michigan, to reopen, after it was forced to recall baby formula and shut down over allegations of contaminated formula months ago. The FDA has not said when it can reopen, even though an investigation revealed that “infant formula produced at our Sturgis facility is not the likely source of infection in the reported cases and that there was not an outbreak caused by products from the facility,” according to Abbott.
Bidenflation Squeezes Parents and Pet Owners: Prices Up for Baby Food, Toddler Clothes, Breakfast Cereal, Milk, Juice, Snacks, and Pet Food
The last year of inflation has made it much more expensive to raise children or own pets in the United States.
The latest report on the Consumer Price Index showed that prices overall are up 8.3 percent compared with a year ago. That number may actually downplay the real toll of inflation because prices were already rising rapidly last April, so last month’s price increases are on top of already high prices.
Parents may be feeling especially squeezed because of rising prices on food, childcare, and even clothes for children. Here are some of the 12-month changes in price hikes of stuff for children.
- Baby food: up 13 percent.
- Infant and toddler clothes: up 8.8 percent.
- Breakfast cereal: up 10.3 percent.
- Hot dogs: up 6.9 percent.
- Fresh and frozen chicken parts (think: nuggets): up 17.9 percent.
- Fresh whole milk: 15.7 percent.
- Ice cream: up 4.7 percent.
- Fresh fruit: up 8.3 percent.
- Fresh vegetables: up 6.3 percent.
- Canned fruits and vegetables: up 10.4 percent.
- Juice: up 9.3 percent.
- Snacks: up 9.8 percent.
- Fast food: up 7 percent.
- Boys clothes: up 3.8 percent.
- Girls clothes: up 4.7 percent.
- Boys and girls shoes: up 5 percent.
- Bicycles: up 8 percent.
- Sports equipment: up 6.8 percent.
Baby formula, of course, is unavailable in many stores across the country thanks to a nationwide shortage.
Parents can take some comfort that toys, playground equipment, and games are up only 2.5 percent from a year ago.
Pet-lovers are also feeling the pinch of Bidenflation.
- Pet prices are up 7.2 percent.
- Pet food prices are up 7 percent.
- Veterinary services are up 9.8 percent.
- Other pet services are up 5.9 percent.P
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