{"id":1493071,"date":"2022-05-26T12:16:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T16:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493071"},"modified":"2022-05-26T12:17:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T16:17:13","slug":"exclusive-house-republicans-demand-answers-about-baby-formula-distribution-at-migrant-detention-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-demand-answers-about-baby-formula-distribution-at-migrant-detention-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Demand Answers About Baby Formula Distribution At Migrant Detention Centers"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fexclusive-house-republicans-demand-answers-about-baby-formula-distribution-at-migrant-detention-centers%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=1493071&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><\/div>\n<p>Republicans in the House of Representatives, led by Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, are calling attention to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) policies related to baby formula distribution at migrant detention centers in the southern U.S.<\/p>\n<p>CBP provides formula to infants as part of longstanding immigration policy. However, amidst a national shortage spurred on by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/25\/fda-baby-formula-shortage-whistleblower-abbott-plant-sturgis\/\">recalls<\/a> at a major plant and <a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/IN\/IN11932\">protectionist<\/a> trade policy, Republicans are questioning federal allocation of resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI<span id=\"page24R_mcid0\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">t\u2019s our understanding that there are stockpiles of infant formula at <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">CBP detention facilities along the southern border as required by federal<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">law,\u201d the seven Republicans write in a letter, obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller, to CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/18\/alejandro-mayorkas-responds-kat-cammack-baby-formula-pallet-claim\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Mayorkas Responds To Claims That Migrants Are Getting \u2018Pallets\u2019 Of Baby Formula)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, they note, federal law does not require purchases to be recorded in the <span id=\"page24R_mcid1\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Federal Procurement Data System unless the government spends more than $10,000. Therefore, \u201cthe American public cannot obtain data about the current and legally-required stockpile of infant formula at the southern border.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the letter here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View CBP Infant Formula Letter on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/575845661\/CBP-Infant-Formula-Letter#from_embed\">CBP Infant Formula Letter<\/a> by <a title=\"View Michael Ginsberg&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/548087574\/Michael-Ginsberg#from_embed\">Michael Ginsberg<\/a> on Scribd<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden is the Commander-in-Crisis Chief, and everything he touches fails our nation and its people. While Biden\u2019s been actively aiding and abetting the border crisis, he\u2019s been asleep at the wheel for the baby formula crisis. As parents across our nation continue to scour shelves for infant formula, illegal migrants at our border have free access to an abundance of legally-required essentials \u2014 including infant formula. The letter I\u2019m leading to the CBP calls for transparency, clarity and additional details about the agency\u2019s procurement, contracting, and distribution process that pertains to providing infant formula to illegal immigrants,\u201d Donalds told the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans note that the Biden administration has moved to end the public health expulsion measure Title 42, and expect that to lead to increased levels of illegal migration. Several federal judges have temporarily <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/20\/border-title-42-arizona-immigration-covid-biden\/\">blocked<\/a> the administration from doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/national-international\/how-government-backed-monopolies-helped-create-the-baby-formula-shortage\/2840979\/\">economists<\/a> have pointed to federal procurement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/05\/19\/baby-formula-shortage-federal-contracts-00033581\">policies<\/a> for worsening the formula shortage. The Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) portion of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program maintains contracts with only three formula producers, and four producers control 90% of the national market. Abbott Nutrition, the company whose plant was temporarily <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/16\/fda-abbott-baby-formula-plant-shortage\/\">shuttered<\/a> in February, controls nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/newsletters\/axios-closer-aae94ccf-bb3e-457e-aa58-fdd72e6dbd47.html?chunk=1&#038;utm_term=emshare#story1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">50%<\/a> of the U.S. formula market by itself.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prohibits formula imports from many countries, even those that have similar regulation policies as the U.S. In at least one instance, the FDA <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/23\/fda-baby-formula-shortage-europe-imports-biden-admin\/\">seized<\/a> and destroyed more than $700 in formula produced in Europe, since the brands have not been approved for American use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans in the House of Representatives, led by Florida Rep. 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