Louie Gohmert: “I am very grateful for the message from my friend from Arkansas, words of wisdom that are greatly appreciated. One of…”

“I am very grateful for the message from my friend from Arkansas, words of wisdom that are greatly appreciated. One of the things we took up this afternoon on a vote here--and if I recall correctly, there were two of us voting no--but I know the people voting for the bill wanted to try to help with the issue of baby formula. But the bill was thrown upon Republicans last night, not exactly the best way to handle legislation with far-reaching effects, and then voted on today. Well, let's look at some of the facts. Here is an article: ``Global infant formula products market: estimations and forecasts for production and consumption.'' This points out that in 2017, the EU was the biggest supplier of infant formula, with one-third of global volumes, with China and southeast Asia in second and third places respectively. Chinese companies have invested in ingredient and infant formula production capacity in France and in the Netherlands and have strategic alliances in Denmark and Ireland. So that way, when they produce it, they don't have to say, ``made in China,'' which causes some people concern, especially when you have stories that exist, reports where Chinese formula has done great damage. Here is a story from September of '08: ``China: Fourth baby dies from tainted formula.'' So Americans have reason to be concerned when we go buying baby formula that is manufactured by Chinese companies, no matter where it is actually produced.…”