'Children Are Dying!': Seth Magaziner Continues Campaign Demanding Restoration Of Food Aid

In House floor remarks on Wednesday, Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI) spoke about USAID funding and therapeutic food for starving children.

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00:00This is the gentleman from Rhode Island. Seek recognition.

00:05Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

00:09Mr. Speaker, I rise for the 34th time to call on the Trump administration to restore

00:15life-saving food aid for malnourished children. As a reminder, in January, the Trump administration

00:22stopped funding for emergency food aid that had been appropriated by Congress. And since then,

00:28despite saying all the right things, that the funding is going to be restored, that the

00:31shipments are going to start again, they continue to drag their feet. Adhesion Nutrition in my

00:37district manufactures some of that food aid designed to help starving children get back

00:43to health. And after eight months, thousands of boxes are still sitting in a warehouse in

00:49Rhode Island instead of getting to kids who are starving to death. Now, the administration

00:53finally awarded a contract a few weeks ago after eight months of delays, but the company

00:58has still not been told where to ship to. Where's the urgency? Children are dying. And

01:05step after step, the administration has dragged its feet in restarting the program that they

01:11cut off back in January. I will keep speaking out every day until the administration honors

01:16its word. Ship the product. Save lives. I yield back.