'Do The Right Thing': Seth Magaziner Urges Trump Administration To Restore Food Aid

In House floor remarks on Friday, Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI) spoke about food aid for starving children.

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00:00Mr. Speaker, I rise today for the 30th time to call on the Trump administration to restore

00:15life-saving food aid for starving children. When children are starving, their organs shut down.

00:22At a certain point, they're not able to eat traditional food anymore. Ready-to-use therapeutic

00:27food is the only chance they have to survive and to get back to health. Right now, in Rhode

00:35Island, there are 87,000 boxes of ready-to-use therapeutic food sitting in a warehouse, already

00:44bought and paid for, but sitting in a warehouse because the Trump administration has frozen

00:51this aid. It is time for the administration to honor the will of Congress, to honor its

00:57own commitment, and to do the right thing and get this food to the kids around the world

01:05who need it. I will keep speaking out every day until they do. And I yield back.

01:10The gentleman yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from Texas seek recognition?

01:15the gentleman's admission to address that.

01:16The gentleman in California says,

01:20I am the one who is challenging, and he will provide the ability to address that...

01:23...and he brings up every one-third sitting in the house. We want to do the right thing...

01:27So, I believe everything is too much. And I am the one who wants to address that.

01:28Let me now tell you around the other thing to address that.

01:29To address that.

01:30The gentleman in California says,

01:34I am the one who wants to address that.

01:36I am the one who has a large group of staff and the other, who has the right thing in the

01:38proportion, and to address that.

01:39It is because there is a good thing, because there may be a lot of trust.