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So where do we go from here? what kind of lesson do you think america learns from something like this? you just heard economic adviser there talk about what seems to be really a monopolizing of just three u.s. companies that are in a position to make this kind of formula. so what are the lessons to be learned? where do you see the u.s. going from here? >> yeah. that's a great question. it was a little unusual. it's certainly not in my everyday work as a pediatrician, but i do think the thing that we take away here and in how we serve our children here in indiana, the pediatricians across the c...

February, and it wasn't until mid may that they start to put forth a plan? this is a massive failure of the fda, and it just adds on to the other failures and slow pace they have moved at throughout the entire pandemic. this is devastating to hear right now. you have children who are being hospitalized in pulse -- multiple states because their parents are trying to make their own baby formula, or the children are having a reaction to a new, different type of baby formula, and this can cause a lot of harm. now, yes, when you are having difficulty finding formula for your ina pant, call your loc...

Again? >> well, number one, i think the fda needs to create pathways for innovation for new brands and new ideas to come to market. of course, it needs to be safe. number two, any time there are four companies that have 90% of the market share, it makes it challenging. we need to control that. number three, the wic program, we don't realize this, half the babies in the country are born into the wic program. you have to go state by state to get your product approved for each state to use your wic coupons to buy product. our organic formula is not approved by wic. the baby food is. we had to go ...

Availability to return to normal, and that if these hail mary's work. joining us now is democratic congresswoman rosa delauro from connecticut, and chair of the house appropriations committee. she introduced legislation to give emergency funding to the fda so that the resources to address the shortage. she also chaired hearing that address this issue earlier today. congresswoman dolores, and you for joining us this evening. earlier today the senate approved a bill by unanimous consent that would improve access to baby formula for low-income americans using the wic program. it seems non controv...

Nutrition, more than 1600 of those proposals were enacted by the federal government within two years, excluding one with kind of a funny name. it's called wick. sounds like a candle work, but it is spelled w i see. one of the problems identified that conference was that young poor mothers were struggling to come up with the money to feed not just themselves but their babies, as well. wic we're supposed to fix that. in 1974 the first wic clinic open in pineville, kentucky. today the wic program provide services in all 50 states, using federal money to pay for voters for mothers with young kids ...