it is urgent that we address this.
We owe our wildland firefighters a debt of gratitude. They put their lives on the line to keep our communities safe.
I am excited about the potential to move this legislation forward on a bipartisan basis.
Let us come out of this hearing with next steps, not just complaints about missteps.
If we do not do that, we are failing to solve the future problems.
I want to think through the oversight piece of this.
That is why I think the 22-percent cut to the FDA the Republicans have voted for would make this problem worse.
Those were delivered to the company through a 483 and in regulatory meetings with their leadership.
I know that Members on this Subcommittee care a lot about this issue, and I know that Subcommittee Chairwoman McClain does too.
To understand how the infant formula shortage happened, I want to take a look at a little more detail at Abbott Sturgis, Michigan production...
When we got there in January 2022, those things had not happened, and, in fact, the plant's conditions had deteriorated.