{"id":1476939,"date":"2022-05-16T15:14:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T19:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476939"},"modified":"2022-05-16T15:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T19:14:50","slug":"gop-sen-mike-lee-to-introduce-formula-act-as-shortage-continues-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-sen-mike-lee-to-introduce-formula-act-as-shortage-continues-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Sen. Mike Lee To Introduce FORMULA Act As Shortage Continues Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fgop-sen-mike-lee-to-introduce-formula-act-as-shortage-continues-nationwide%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=1476939&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\/Untitled-design-96.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee\u2019s office said on Monday that he is finalizing a new bill he hopes to introduce to combat the nation\u2019s growing baby formula shortage.<\/p>\n<p>The Fixing Our Regulatory Mayhem Upsetting Little Americans (FORMULA) Act is designed to address challenges in the baby formula supply chains that have seen the out-of-stock rate for formula tripling from rates just six months ago, according to the senator\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerican babies are going hungry and the federal government is standing in the way. Current policies, tariffs, quotas, bans, and regulations are preventing mothers and fathers from being able to make the best choices to feed their babies,\u201d Lee wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lee.senate.gov\/2022\/5\/sen-lee-to-introduce-formula-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">American babies are going hungry and the federal government is standing in the way. My FORMULA Act will give these families relief during this unprecedented shortage. Congress needs to pass this bill immediately to protect American babies from going hungry. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qn6rJ9jlIB\">pic.twitter.com\/qn6rJ9jlIB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenMikeLee\/status\/1526260607548379137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMy FORMULA Act will give these families relief during this unprecedented shortage.\u00a0 Congress needs to pass this bill immediately to protect American babies from going hungry,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Lee noted that the consequences of the formula shortage are tragic for many American families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTragically, families have been forced to search long distances for formula to feed their babies, and children with metabolic diseases, who consume specialized formulas, are also finding it extremely difficult to find the formula they need, putting the health and safety of millions of American children at risk,\u201d an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lee.senate.gov\/services\/files\/FB07CD54-DBB8-4B77-A819-EA33750F4EDD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overview<\/a> of the proposed bill read.<\/p>\n<p>Congress took some heat last Wednesday after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/outright-criminal-congress-dragged-for-rushing-40-billion-to-ukraine-waiting-2-weeks-to-schedule-hearing-on-formula-shortage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcing<\/a> 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<p>President Joe Biden held a meeting with baby formula producers and retailers last week, but members of the press received only a briefing on the background of the meeting, The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sorry-moms-the-president-doesnt-feel-like-talking-to-you-biden-holds-closed-door-meeting-about-baby-formula-shortage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The closed-door discussion with retail companies Walmart and Target and baby formula makers Mead Johnson and Gerber occurred early Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News anchor John Roberts first reported that Biden would be holding a meeting to discuss the shortage, but no press would be allowed to cover it. \u201cCorrection \u2013 @JoeBiden WILL hold a @whitehouse event on the baby formula shortage,\u201d Roberts wrote on Twitter. \u201cThere will be NO COVERAGE of the event. Press corps will get a read out in a press call after the event.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Correction \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a> WILL hold a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@whitehouse<\/a> event on the baby formula shortage.  There will be NO COVERAGE of the event. Press corps will get a read out in a press call after the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnrobertsFox\/status\/1524788679104921604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Florida Republican Rep. Kat Cammack also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-emergency-baby-formula-website-has-been-a-total-disaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted videos<\/a> on social media last week claiming the Biden administration is shipping \u201cpallets\u201d of baby formula to border facilities for migrants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are sending pallets, pallets of baby formula to the border,\u201d Cammack said in\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KatCammack\">online postings<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday. \u201cMeanwhile, in our own district at home, we cannot find baby formula,\u201d she added, displaying a photo that showed empty store shelves.<\/p>\n<p>Cammack said a border agent has been sending her photos of the deliveries of baby formula. \u201cThey\u2019re receiving pallets and more pallets of baby formula at the border,\u201d she said. \u201cThis was taken at Ursula processing facility [in McAllen, Texas] where thousands are being housed and processed and then released,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah Republican Sen. 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