19 May 22
@jimm619 saidWhile the Biden administration yesterday did (finally!) announce the implementation of solid measures to deal with the shortage (weeks after they should have) and while other bills were introduced that would hopefully help production, the bill referenced in the article is not really about solving the crisis.
VOTE AGAINST EMERGENCY FORMULA?
A new low, even for The GOP
https://news.yahoo.com/9-republicans-voted-against-bill-065128243.html
This particular bill increases the baby formula coverage by SNAP and WIC. Those may be good ideas, but they have nothing to do with solving a shortage. A "shortage" means that there isn't enough formula on the shelves. If you have SNAP and WIC but there is no formula on the shelves, that's like having an awesome new canoe but no water to use it on.
While, again, I'm very happy about the belated steps the administration is finally taking under the DPA and other agencies to try to solve the crisis, the first issues they worried about (the cost of the formula) are mainly irrelevant to the issue.
(By the way, @wildgrass, when you asked me last week what Biden should be doing and sneered that I apparently want Biden to act like a dictator, my answer is that he should have done at least 4 weeks ago what he did yesterday.)
@jimm619 saidNot sure if it's true but here's the reason:
VOTE AGAINST EMERGENCY FORMULA?
A new low, even for The GOP
https://news.yahoo.com/9-republicans-voted-against-bill-065128243.html
https://twitter.com/i/status/1527329544826282004
Edit: I'm having trouble with the link but it's a video of Tim Burchett saying it was a $28 million bill that gave people at the FDA $23 million in raises and did nothing to actually put formula on the shelves.
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19 May 22
@sh76 saidI'll say it again;
While the Biden administration yesterday did (finally!) announce the implementation of solid measures to deal with the shortage (weeks after they should have) and while other bills were introduced that would hopefully help production, the bill referenced in the article is not really about solving the crisis.
This particular bill increases the baby formula coverage by SNAP and ...[text shortened]... like a dictator, my answer is that he should have done at least 4 weeks ago what he did yesterday.)
Criticize and obstruct.
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-invokes-defense-production-act-221835768.html
19 May 22
@jimm619 said9 out of 210 Republicans isn't so terrible, though Republicans were the only ones to vote against it.
VOTE AGAINST EMERGENCY FORMULA?
A new low, even for The GOP
https://news.yahoo.com/9-republicans-voted-against-bill-065128243.html
What is significant is who one of those Republicans were: rising conservative star, Majority Taylor Greene. How one person can be so consistently on the wrong side of every issue is dumbfounding.
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19 May 22
@vivify saidGosar? Boebert?...........Kooks
9 out of 210 Republicans isn't so terrible, though Republicans were the only ones to vote against it.
What is significant is who one of those Republicans were: rising conservative star, Majority Taylor Greene. How one person can be so consistently on the wrong side of every issue is dumbfounding.
@sh76 saidWhile, again, I'm very happy about the belated steps the administration is finally taking under the DPA and other agencies to try to solve the crisis, the first issues they worried about (the cost of the formula) are mainly irrelevant to the issue.
While the Biden administration yesterday did (finally!) announce the implementation of solid measures to deal with the shortage (weeks after they should have) and while other bills were introduced that would hopefully help production, the bill referenced in the article is not really about solving the crisis.
This particular bill increases the baby formula coverage by SNAP and ...[text shortened]... like a dictator, my answer is that he should have done at least 4 weeks ago what he did yesterday.)
You can bet your last penny the GOP and their minions will be howling "Big Government Overreach by the Dem's!!" When this issue comes up in the November midterms. As I've said 100 times here, the GOP is happy to be "pro-life" when it suits their political ends, but once these children breath their first breath of air, these "pro-lifers" don't give a hoot about any of them.
19 May 22
@mchill saidShow me an ad that criticizes producing more baby formula and I'll join you in trashing it.
While, again, I'm very happy about the belated steps the administration is finally taking under the DPA and other agencies to try to solve the crisis, the first issues they worried about (the cost of the formula) are mainly irrelevant to the issue.
You can bet your last penny the GOP and their minions will be howling "Big Government Overreach by the Dem's!!" When this iss ...[text shortened]... e children breath their first breath of air, these "pro-lifers" don't give a hoot about any of them.