Issa Slams Biden Administration’s Continued Infant Formula Failures

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-50) issued the following statement regarding the ongoing infant formula supply shortage. 

“The full spectrum of America’s unprecedented infant formula shortage is a man-made disaster courtesy of the Biden Administration that it actually blames mothers of infants for making worse. When Joe Biden took office, the average infant formula out of stock rate was five percent. Last week, it was 43 percent.
 
“The truth is, this Administration’s supply chain crisis is the true originating culprit of the baby formula shortfall, which was made worse by the FDA’s shutdown of an Abbott Labs manufacturing plant in Michigan in February – but which the FDA only today has guided to reopening.
 
“But there is more known this week than last. The White House now admits it was informed of this crisis last year but refused to disclose key information to the public. This has now inspired a nationwide panic that this White House has identified a party to blame for making it worse: New and expecting mothers who are purchasing the formula they need to feed their children.
 
“This isn’t close to resolved with some predicting shortages through the end of 2022. The White House hesitated when it should have acted, and blamed others when it should have put aside its partisan political concerns.”

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Darrell Issa is the Representative of California’s 50th Congressional District. The District encompasses the central and northeastern parts of San Diego County and a portion of Riverside County, including the communities of Fallbrook, San Marcos, Valley Center, Ramona, Escondido, Santee, Lakeside, El Cajon, Temecula, and the mountain and desert areas of the San Diego-Imperial County line. Issa served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from 2011-2015.