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When you have too few producers of a product and theres a major reduction, it creates a resiliency issue. we can still have a pretty competitive situation in going forward. and those that are currently in the business potentially expanding. well take a look at the way that we do business through the wic program to make sure we have the flebs incumbents in place so were not faced with this kind of disruption in the future. >> are we going to open up to more imports? a lot of moms prefer what they...

Wouldnt want in your own food, let alone your babys. and were the first new entrant that clinically proved our benefits in a major clinical study. they will be published in a medical journal and really demonstrating some of those benefits. we saw in the clinical let spit up, less gas, softer stool than another formula and now were hearing that from testimonials and parents themselves with this overwhelming response to the well tolerated nature. >> lets talk about the million dollar question for ...

>> there is criticism that it took too long for the administration to act and for congress to act, but we are in this situation. a lot of people think and say openly, this is completely unacceptable. did the white house and did the government take too long to act? >> well, mika, the fda began acting as soon as they knew that the plant was going to shut down. in fact, they started working on a couple things. one, increasing the manufacturing, working in partnership with companies, but also workin...

Formula shortage. the two kids, both in tennessee, were admitted because the families could not find the specific formula they needed. one has since been discharged. first lady jill biden is addressing the crisis in a new psa she and the surgeon general said the biden administration is pushing to get more formula on the shelves. and the house is moving closer to a vote on an emergency spending bill to help increase supply. but how soon will be the shelves be restocked? nbc correspondent ali vi...

Program. we should be giving parents and mothers the ability to buy any type of form lamp the restrictions on formula are prudent and worked with the retailers to do it and it helps avoid hort buying and also a really unfortunate tendency of people to buy and then try to sell at exorbitant prices online. >> im going ask you for short answers on these because were tight on time but people need the answers. you said it will take a time for the imports. give me a time frame on that, if you could, w...

The baby formula crisis continues to have parents scrambling to find food.

As the law is now, it is not possible to do that. congressman, chair of the appropriations committee, as you know, shes been on this case for a while. she was the chair of the ag subcommittee on appropriations before, thats ag and also nutrition and everything that goes with that. weve been talking about that. she feels quite certain that we have to change the law in order for the defense production act to be called into play. and we certainly should. in the meantime, this week we have two bills...

50% of the formula is purchased under the w.i.c. program. so facilitate that. then we have another bill that rosa -- madame chair is putting together that will allocate sources for us to be able to purchase more. there are four countries, mexico, chile, ireland and the netherlands that have supply that we may be able to acquire immediately. now, the president has rightfully said, we have to be as fast as possible but as cautious as possible so we have safety. in addition to all of this, we have ...

Other countries, where they have safety protocols in place, that would also help increase the amount of formula. but then it is also important to get rid of the red tape that keeps that formula from being sold on shelves. and thats what the retailers told us yesterday. the wic program is incredibly important. normally it has very strict protocols what types of formula are sold and in which context. right now we need to relax all of those in every state to make it easier for those retailers that ...

Let me bring in white house communications director, kate beckenfield. you talk to the moms and you hear them saying they feel like a failure and they are terrified and are hearing these interviews. >> her story is incredible powerful, and shes right about what she was saying about the need to be urgent and to be quick and safe, and what she was saying about the wic program is exactly right. its exactly what president biden announced yesterday, that we are working while we have -- while we issue...