crisis. the inquiry comes after two bills were passed by house lawmakers late last night aimed at accelerating production and distribution. congressional correspondent chad pergram shows us where things stand. formula products. a bipartisan inquisition into why the u.s. can t nourish the youngest americans. we need also to get to the bottom of fda s slow response and forcing parents to play a game of russian roulette, that they did not know they were playing. lawmakers apoplectic after the fda failed to whistleblower complaint about improper procedures at abbott lab in michigan last fall. the plant closed in february. food taken from the mouths of babes. is unconscionable that we did not have a back up plan for this supply chain issue. this was just like nobody did their job zero lawmakers quizzing fda chief robert caliph on when exasperated parents can feed their kids. we should see improvement
school has been tough for so many reasons, and so many kids have been left behind over the past couple of years because it s so hard to shift back and forth. and it s hard to be in class remotely when you re in third grade and have to stare at a screen all day. i know. what s really tricky is we also know there s a chance teachers and staff are going to have to be out the next few weeks because of how transmissible omicron is. maybe not in school, but because of how we live our lives. i think it s important to get kids in school as much as possible for education, and socioeconomic consequence. for us as parents having to take care of them while they re out. we need to have a back up plan, contingency plan in case schools shutdown. the president said there is all the money for ventilation, masking in schools. we have these tools. let s remember, try to use them and get our kids back in the classroom. it s just all of this is so disruptive. okay, dr. ali raja, harvard medical sch
the issues around t jobs are massive.it inflation is undermining your confidence that you put in the banks will be here. covid, the cdc shortens the quarantine from 10 days to 5 days. it s based on convenience and not science. there is no national plan. i can t get antibodies cocktails for people suffering from covid who are at risk.nt where are the tests? this is a ridiculous failure of our government to provide the fundamental basics. as a physician you don t just prevent disease, you have a back up plan in case someone gets the illness. and closing schools which is not following the science.om it s causing other problems.
but i think the big question is where does it go from here? because this fight is now moving on to the senate, but we have not seen those senate holdouts budging at all. and though it s not clear what the back-up plan is going to be if they do try to move forward with this legislation, like you said, senator schumer is promising. and then, of course, if it fails and doesn t get republican support, he has said then he will move forward to propose changes to the senate rules. but, anderson, he does not have those votes, yet. and tonight, senator schumer was saying he doesn t want to delewd voters into thinking they have the votes here right now because, currently, they don t. yeah. kaitlan, i am sorry your tie was destroyed last night. i don t really know what that means but i am told that you would. i think it s a sports analogy, or reference, isn t it? something like that. i m glad this got brought up. i have finally recovered a little bit from a devastating loss and looking forwar