Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I remember being a new mom and then a new grandma, and all you want to do is hold your baby close and savor every single moment. Instead, parents across the country right now are in a panic--forced to search high and low to find baby formula, the safe baby formula that they need, any safe baby formula. Almost half of all of our babies born in the United States receive their baby formula through a really important program called WIC--the Women, Infants, and Children program--that we are so proud of, and it is something that has made sure that safe baby formula and healthy food is available for pregnant moms and for babies throughout the first years of a baby's life. So, as all of this has happened now with this emergency--and it is a huge emergency, a huge crisis--there are no options here when children--you know, when babies need to eat. When babies are born, they need safe baby formula. This has been an ``all hands on deck'' moment for all of us. That is why, as chair of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee--and I am so proud the Presiding Officer is a member of our committee, is a very valued member of our committee--I am joined with our ranking member, John Boozman, to introduce legislation today to make sure that the USDA can be as flexible as possible in getting our moms and dads and, most importantly, babies the critical baby formula that they need right now.…”