capitol hill as well. they passed $28 million in emergency funding to boost formula supply. that s on the way to the senate. other lawmakers are pitching solutions as well. you think we need a strategic formula reserve, right? they are moving now but this problem has been bubbling for months on a contamination issue shutting down a key plan for formula back in february. robert califf testified this morning that he hopes the plant will be back online in two weeks. practically speaking relief is still weeks or months away giving these comments from the surgeon general earlier today. is it next week? is it next month? when will they be able to walk into the walmart or cvs and see formula on the shelf? we anticipate willy that people will see increasing amounts of formula on the shelf because of multiple paths. bringing product in from abroad. so several weeks, okay. folks, it is always a welcome sign to see washington move with ug si to show it is awear of a problem but
think that the white house should had an inflation czar. a supply chain czar. and that person should have been in place and if it was baby formula would have fallen under that umbrella. there has been some hesitance on how forward facing they want to be, correct? yes, they don t want to own the issue when in fact it is broader than what the white house can specifically do. but they also do not want to appear before the american public to be flat footed five months before election day on an issue that is so central to the basic health and nutrition of families all over the country. josh letterman, thank you. on capitol hill, you have a lot of democrats worried about their majority and the november midterms and they want some change. at the end of the day it was a government failure. i m not saying that, but how the
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