{"id":1472124,"date":"2022-05-11T17:44:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T21:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1472124"},"modified":"2022-05-11T17:44:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T21:44:46","slug":"outright-criminal-congress-dragged-for-rushing-40-billion-to-ukraine-waiting-2-weeks-to-schedule-hearing-on-formula-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outright-criminal-congress-dragged-for-rushing-40-billion-to-ukraine-waiting-2-weeks-to-schedule-hearing-on-formula-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Outright Criminal\u2019: Congress Dragged For Rushing $40 Billion To Ukraine, Waiting 2 Weeks To Schedule Hearing On Formula Shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foutright-criminal-congress-dragged-for-rushing-40-billion-to-ukraine-waiting-2-weeks-to-schedule-hearing-on-formula-shortage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1472124&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240552423.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Congress took some heat on Wednesday after announcing that the House Energy and Commerce Committee would hold hearings on the baby formula shortage beginning on May 25.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBaby formula supplies have dipped below 50% in a handful of states so naturally, as the crisis worsens without an immediate solution in sight, Democrats will take a look at it\u2026in two weeks,\u201d Townhall.com Managing Editor Spencer Brown tweeted, adding, \u201cE&#038;C Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) said the \u2018nationwide infant formula shortages are increasingly alarming and demand Congress\u2019 immediate attention,\u2019 and then scheduled a hearing \u2014 not actual action \u2014 for May 25th.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">E&#038;C Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) said the &#8220;nationwide infant formula shortages are increasingly alarming and demand Congress\u2019 immediate attention,&#8221; and then scheduled a hearing \u2014 not actual action \u2014 for May 25th. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vNf3szxoCb\">https:\/\/t.co\/vNf3szxoCb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Spencer Brown (@itsSpencerBrown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsSpencerBrown\/status\/1524438880560328704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The meeting, according to Politico\u2019s David Lim, was set to be held in the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meeting will be in the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Lim (@davidalim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidalim\/status\/1524421500400398336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The main complaint \u2014 voiced by a number on Twitter \u2014 was that Congress had managed to push through another <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/peanut-butter-and-anchovies-pelosi-goes-biblical-to-pass-40b-ukraine-package\/\">$40 billion in aid<\/a> to Ukraine on an emergency basis, but did not appear to feel the same <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/parents-face-terrifying-baby-formula-shortage-amid-bidens-supply-chain-crisis\/\">urgency<\/a> when it came to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/amid-baby-formula-shortages-republicans-introduce-legislation-strengthening-domestic-infant-formula-supply\/\">formula<\/a> that many families depend on to feed their babies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese hearings should\u2019ve happened two months ago\u2026 Where\u2019s @ChrisPappasNH\u00a0and the rest of the Pelosi Congress?\u201d New Hampshire Congressional candidate Matt Mowers <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mowers\/status\/1524459640049881096\">asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment can pass a $40 Billion spending package for Ukraine in under 6 hours, but have to wait two weeks before addressing baby formula shortage in America. Are you paying attention yet??\u201d Nat Shupe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatShupe\/status\/1524486143181529088\">asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tag Strategies VP Erin Perrine <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErinMPerrine\/status\/1524452826168143872\">added<\/a>, \u201cIt would have been good to have this hearing a couple of months ago and not in two weeks. Families are struggling RIGHT NOW to get baby formula. Democrats are failing to meet another crisis facing Americans. Classic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald referenced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s comments on Ukraine \u2014 \u201cWhen you\u2019re home thinking about [what $40 billion to Ukraine] is all about, just think about \u2018when I was hungry, you fed me\u2019 from the Gospel of Matthew\u201d \u2014 and argued that it might be perceived as tone deaf in the context of a nationwide baby formula shortage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The Gospels teach that <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Congress<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> should send $40 billion more to Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and CIA to fuel the war in Ukraine. The whole \u2018you fed me\u2019 shtick seems particularly tone-deaf given the suffering of Americans with inflation, poverty, inability to buy baby <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">formula<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">, etc,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Gospels teach that Congress should send $40 billion more to Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and CIA to fuel the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The whole &#8220;you fed me&#8221; shtick seems particularly tone-deaf given the suffering of Americans with inflation, poverty, inability to buy baby formula, etc. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QZY69DiQQX\">https:\/\/t.co\/QZY69DiQQX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1524482478802714625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">If the reports of baby <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">formula<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> shortages in the United States are true, but <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Congress<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> can find $40 billion to fund a foreign war, it\u2019s not just quasi-criminal in the impeachable sense. It is outright criminal in the criminal negligence sense,\u201d Viva Frei <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thevivafrei\/status\/1524365689657692162\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Former MMA fighter Jake Shields <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakeshieldsajj\/status\/1524438822259462144\">added<\/a>, \u201cYour Baby might go hungry next week due to a formula shortage but thankful congress rushed through a spending bill to give Ukraine 40 billion in weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress took some heat on Wednesday after announcing that the House Energy and Commerce Committee would hold hearings on the baby formula shortage beginning on May 25.\u201cBaby formula supplies have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1482658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1472124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1472124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1472124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1472124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}