After the nation’s largest manufacturer of formula, Abbott Nutrition, voluntarily recalled baby formula after several bacterial infections in infants related to a plant in Michigan the FDA later shut down, supply of baby formula plummeted.
More than 40 percent of baby formula is out of stock, according to a data company tracking the shortage.
Though Republicans like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Rep. Kat Cammack repeatedly raised the issue in the past few weeks, including trying to pin the problem on immigrant families, 192 House Republicans voted the bill down.
Every House Democrat, plus a dozen mostly moderate Republicans, voted to pass the bill and send it to the Senate.
“Parents and caretakers across the country cannot wait—they need our support now,” DeLauro said in a statement following the bill’s passage.
But nine far-right Republicans, including Reps. Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lauren Boebert, voted against the bill.
“Among the most impacted are mothers and babies enrolled in the WIC program who use formula at roughly double the rate of non-participating families. »
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