231-192: House passes legislation providing $28 million in emergency spending to the FDA to address the baby formula shortage
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I have a hard time believing lack of $$$ is why the FDA F’d up.
They need more $$$ to allow imports?
They need more $$$ to allow imports?
Once it’s out of the womb they don’t care.
I believe that money might help with chartering transports.
So, to be clear: Why did Biden let these private companies screw up, why didn’t Biden fix the screw up faster, and I don’t like how Biden is fixing this not his screw up?
Doesn’t seem to be the case. Sounds like the money is just to support more hiring at FDA. Or maybe funding overtime for FDA inspectors?
AP: House Dems Propose $28 Million To Address Formula ShortageHouse Democrats unveiled a $28 million emergency spending bill Tuesday to address the shortage of infant formula in the United States. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the Democratic chair of the House Appropriations Committee, said the money would increase Food and Drug Administration staffing to boost inspections of domestic and international suppliers, prevent fraudulent products from getting onto store shelves and acquire better data on the marketplace.
I think the problem was multi-faceted.
Production concentrated in just a few companies. One goes down (Abbott) and we're totally screwed.
Domestic friendly regulations as benign as labeling limiting imports from European and other countries. Have a real hard time believing Europe isn't providing safe baby formula when their infant mortality rates are lower than ours.
Government inertia....this problem has been known about for months...should have expedited getting Abbott back on line...should have cleared the way for imports.
Some of these safety regulations were probably pushed by domestic producers to limit import competition because of "safety". Remember reading a while back there's pretty much a revolving door with FDA officials getting private industry jobs. Grease domestic producer wheels while in the FDA...get out and get a sweet gig with one of these companies.
A Look At How The Revolving Door Spins From FDA To Industry
About 27 percent of Food and Drug Administration reviewers who approved hematology-oncology drugs from 2001 through 2010 left to work for the industry they previously regulated, an analysis found.
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I think the problem was multi-faceted.
Production concentrated in just a few companies. One goes down (Abbott) and we're totally screwed.
Domestic friendly regulations as benign as labeling limiting imports from European and other countries. Have a real hard time believing Europe isn't providing safe baby formula when their infant mortality rates are lower than ours.
Government inertia....this problem has been known about for months...should have expedited getting Abbott back on line...should have cleared the way for imports.
Some of these safety regulations were probably pushed by domestic producers to limit import competition because of "safety". Remember reading a while back there's pretty much a revolving door with FDA officials getting private industry jobs. Grease domestic producer wheels while in the FDA...get out and get a sweet gig with one of these companies.
A Look At How The Revolving Door Spins From FDA To Industry
About 27 percent of Food and Drug Administration reviewers who approved hematology-oncology drugs from 2001 through 2010 left to work for the industry they previously regulated, an analysis found.
Bacteria contamination in production facilities like that can get so bad that entire building get razed. Prevention is the most effective way to combat widespread food illnesses.
Does anyone know if there was a drawing down of the number of inspectors prior to this?
That's easy. They won't cover it
Too few companies is the primary reason. It's also why we have other distribution problems ongoing now.I think the problem was multi-faceted.
Production concentrated in just a few companies. One goes down (Abbott) and we're totally screwed.
Domestic friendly regulations as benign as labeling limiting imports from European and other countries. Have a real hard time believing Europe isn't providing safe baby formula when their infant mortality rates are lower than ours.
Government inertia....this problem has been known about for months...should have expedited getting Abbott back on line...should have cleared the way for imports.
Some of these safety regulations were probably pushed by domestic producers to limit import competition because of "safety". Remember reading a while back there's pretty much a revolving door with FDA officials getting private industry jobs. Grease domestic producer wheels while in the FDA...get out and get a sweet gig with one of these companies.
A Look At How The Revolving Door Spins From FDA To Industry
About 27 percent of Food and Drug Administration reviewers who approved hematology-oncology drugs from 2001 through 2010 left to work for the industry they previously regulated, an analysis found.
It's long past time to start enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. These large companies can simply put a gun to our head and say, this is what it's going to cost.
Our free market economy is not working because we have not allowed enough participants (producers). The ones we have then pay Congress to limit the size of the playing field.
Dem answer to everything is to increase government spending.
Once again, the GOP is the party of bitching about everything and then standing in the way of solutions to fix the problem. Also, the babies are born now so who gives a f**k, amiright?
I don't think FDA rules that place undue hurdles on imports helped anything either...they basically facilitate these monopolies...
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On the same day they held a press conference to blame Biden for private industry failure to produce enough formula, the purported pro-life* party voted against this bill.
*Pro-life ends at birth.
The shortage was predicted.
*Pro-life ends at birth.
The shortage was predicted.
You think Republicans in Congress are fiscally conservative. How cute.
Atleast the shit we are talking about passing is in the millions and not billions like usual, that's a start.
Now change the rules, due to the extreme circumstances of a pandemic, and stop the government from buying the product to hand to illegals at the border. Might slow dow the rush if they here there isn't food waiting for them.
Now change the rules, due to the extreme circumstances of a pandemic, and stop the government from buying the product to hand to illegals at the border. Might slow dow the rush if they here there isn't food waiting for them.
Starving children to stop immigration, and troll the libs.
More from the pro-life party.
More from the pro-life party.
I don't know about FOX but my morning news said the Rs were opposed to this bill because it doesn't go far enough.
Sure. That's believable.
/sarcasm
Where's their better bill?
Probably the same place their replacement for Obamacare is.
Oops. /sarcasm again.
Given the choice between raising taxes on the rich to pay for saving children's lives or doing nothing, you can bet your house on the Rs to not only do nothing but to blame the Dems for what they refuse to fix.
This is the party a majority of Americans will vote to take over Congress this fall.
Just how awful are we?
This is the party a majority of Americans will vote to take over Congress this fall.
Just how awful are we?
I know, right?
They added $7 Billion to Biden's request for Ukraine aid, but a fraction of that for American infants is unconscionable.
Republican priorities.
To save what's good about America we may have to split up America.
Where would you want to live?
Where would you want to live?
The GOP wants all of these women to have to give birth and then, surprise!
There's no formula!
Please.So…..the solution to the current baby formula shortage is to hire more government workers in the future? Makes sense.
Maybe less red tape would do just as well?
Many of our problems - not just this baby formula issue - stem from under-funding and under-staffing the agencies that keep them safe and functioning in accordance with our agreed priorities.
When they blow up in our face, it makes sense to reverse that neglect.
Unfortunately, Rs actually prefer to inflict neglect - because their big money donors prefer to operate with minimal scrutiny.
Yes, let's just give companies a free pass to do whatever they want. Do you know what started the current shortage?
Wait. Maybe we are not thinking this thing thru. If we drop regulations and oversight the coming abortion ban could be sidestepped.
And when understaffed government can’t juggle all the balls, they can point to government failures and say “look how bad the government is at X.”
Then raise more money on reducing government even more and letting the free market handle everything.
Which is how this problem started in the first place.
Ha. But remember, the Rs are using vigilantes to enforce their Handmaid's Tale laws.
The issue is so much market share wrapped up in just a few companies. You could apply that to so many areas of the American economy.
JD Scholten constantly raises this issue (granted he’ll never win in NW Iowa). He’s been particularly critical of Grassley (rightly so) of supporting corporate meat packing and corporate dairy that has crushed a lot of small farms.
JD Scholten constantly raises this issue (granted he’ll never win in NW Iowa). He’s been particularly critical of Grassley (rightly so) of supporting corporate meat packing and corporate dairy that has crushed a lot of small farms.
This is a pox on both the repubs and dems house. The capitulation by the government to corporations concerning monopoly laws and the globalization policy by both repubs and dems brought this mess to where we are today.
Did you read the bill? ALL it says is that $28 million will be available to the FDA until Sept 2023. That's it. WTF are you cheering about? The lame ass administration could have been working to alleviate the situation since October but hasn't until now. And just making some money available to a government agency is your big plan to applaud?
Other countries manage with fewer regulations. But I guess that is too difficult for the U.S.
All Hail the Federal Government!
