on capitol hill, the fda commissioner pushing back. he was taken to task about whether the fda didn t move quickly enough. the united states was facing a supply chain stress before the recall that began in february. the pandemic, war in ukraine and labor supply issues have all had an impact. the fact is, food safety is not a priority. whomever looked at that report felt there was no need to respond at all from october to february, until there was a recall. that is a dereliction of duty in my view. before heading on his trip to asia, the president hosting leaders of finland and sweden at the white house as he backs their bid to join nato in defiance of vladimir putin and opposition from nato member turkey s president erdogan. in the face of aggression, nato has not grown weaker or more divided. it has grown stronger, more united. with finland and sweden s decision to request membership in nato, it will be enhanced for all time. this as ukrainian soldiers who surren
on capitol hill, the fda commissioner pushing back. he was taken to task about whether the fda didn t move quickly enough. the united states was facing a supply chain stress before the recall that began in february. the pandemic, war in ukraine and labor supply issues have all had an impact. the fact is, food safety is not a priority. whomever looked at that report felt there was no need to respond at all from october to february, until there was a recall. that is a dereliction of duty in my view. before heading on his trip to asia, the president hosting leaders of finland and sweden at the white house as he backs their bid to join nato in defiance of vladimir putin and opposition from nato member turkey s president erdogan.
record pace because they feel so good about getting another one and now we have a sobering reminder of the fact that covid is not over and the economy remains inextricably linked to the variant and the real risks here are, one, what does this do to inflation? jerome powell talks about this. it creates uncertainty. prices are high which makes it unclear when prices come back down and the other thing this could slow the job market recovery because people are worried about going back to work, they are scared and there s not enough workers and the other big thing is the supply chain. if there s not enough workers then the supply chain stress will only get worse. these are difficult matters they have to sort out right now and then you have the inflation front. a really interesting back and forth with powell and pat doom toomey, the republican republican senator where he could have called out powell for transitory and he says, listen, life is transitory.
seriously ill, dr. anthony fauci says they should still get vaccinated. children are not completely exempt from the difficulties of getting infected. in fact, if you go to pediatric hospitals throughout the country, you see that many of the beds are filled with children who have serious illness. the biden administration says it s prepared to hit the ground running here, equipping 25,000 pediatric and primary care offices. hundreds of community health centers and rural health clinics and tens of thousands of pharmacies to administer the shots. all right. cargo congestion, price spikes, truck driver shortages, moody s analytics warns supply chain stress is only getting worse and could slow down the economy. for small business owners just getting the basic for halloween has been a struggle. didn t receive nearly what we should have so they wouldn t get it until november. that doesn t help me.